A few reviews

[mnkykungfu]

I loved 'Phantom' as a teen, it had one of 1985's 'Defenders of the Earth' in it after all :

What a coincidence... I loved Defenders of the Earth as an almost-teen. 

I've come to realize that I think there are people who are looking for pure escapism from their superhero films, and they tend to be much kinder of shortcomings in the plot or character.  And then there are people like me who think the best comic book films pull them into a world that seems almost plausible.  Maybe a good example would be like Burton's Batman vs Nolan's.

The Phantom is definitely in that first camp, for what that's worth.