Review of Phantoms (1998) by Steve C — 08 Jun 2006

This movie is awesome, it is one of the darkest science-fiction movies I have ever seen next to Alien, Aliens, Alien 3, and Alien Resurrection.

This review of Phantoms (1998) was written by Steve C on 08 Jun 2006.

Phantoms has generally received mixed reviews.

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