Review of Phantoms (1998) by Luke B — 12 Apr 2009
Phantoms is a film most famous for being name-checked in Jay and SIlent Bob Strike Back "Affleck was the bomb in Phantoms, yo". The joke being that this is a rather simplistic B-Movie with nothing extraordinary about it.
It's a solid effort and most enjoyable. It starts out as a very creepy film, empty town, dead bodies, heads falling out of ovens. The suspense and mystery is enough to hook you in. Soon the cops arrive and it turns more gung-ho before O'Toole shows up as Professor Exposition.
All this great actor has to do is explain what the hell is going on. It's a bit of a waste but he does give it his all. The effects are passable and it's an adequate genre piece for any fan. But was Affleck, really the bomb? I'd give that award to Schreiber, with a refreshingly different OTT performance.
Nice to see him laughing it up with his limbo scene.
This review of Phantoms (1998) was written by Luke B on 12 Apr 2009.
Phantoms has generally received mixed reviews.
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