Alan Rapp

The Phantom

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  • Title: The Phantom
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Although 1996’s The Phantom wasn’t a big success with critics or audiences of the time, I had a grand old time seeing in theaters. The adaptation of Lee Falk‘s classic character unapologetically leans into making a comic book movie accepting the ridiculousness of the premise and championing it rather than forcing such bizarre concepts to appear more realistic. Set in 1938, with a focus on practical effects, if anything the nostalgic charm of the film has made it age even better with time. Revisiting it every few years, I always end up having a good time and appreciate it even more 30 years later.

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The Phantom vs. The Sky Band

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Following up events from the recent Phantom comic, our hero has tracked down the members of the Sky Bound (a group of mercenary pilots who helped the Singh Brotherhood infiltrate his jungle) one-by-one, leaving them forever marked by the Skull Ring, eventually leading him to the final two members of the group, including their leader and the least evil of the team who the hero turns, to a secret mountain fortress far away from the comforts of home.

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Ryde

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  • Title: Ryde (2017)
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There’s an interesting 20-minute short film buried in writer/director Brian Frank Visciglia‘s 2017 thriller Ryde. However, at 84 minutes, a serial killer (David Wachs) taking over a ride-share driver’s car to find victims gets stuck in attempts to elongate the story with our killer’s separate vignettes and lengthen the not-all-that-interesting dialogue between our other main character (Jessica Serfaty Michel) and her loser boyfriend (Ronnie Alvarez).

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