Plot Summary
The troubled captain of a Cold War Soviet submarine holds the fate of the world in his hands. Forced to leave his family behind, he is charged with leading a covert mission and tested by a rogue KGB group.
Director: Todd Robinson
Writer: Todd Robinson
Stars: Ed Harris, David Duchovny, William Fichtner
Budget: $18,000,000 (estimated)
Reviews
Salon.com: In this classy, taut white-knuckler – largely shot inside a real-life decommissioned Soviet sub – Robinson asks us to consider more than the hypothetical possibility that the world nearly ended in 1968. He reminds us that we have no idea how many other near-misses may have happened in the behind-the-scenes history of the modern age and also, more troubling still, that long after the Cold War has faded into memory we continue to have difficulty telling the crazy people from the sane ones - 4/5
Time Out New York: Manly, sharp-edged submarine B movies don’t come along often anymore — so consider this Cold War off-white-knuckler a welcome blast of recycled air - 3/5
Los Angeles Times: Phantom is a relatively tight, gripping story told with efficiency that makes room for its fine roster of actors to explore old-fashioned ideas on honor and loyalty - 3/5
The Hollywood Reporter: Despite the world-changing ramifications inherent to the plot, the results are more tedious than thrilling - 1.5/5
ReelViews: Much of what's contained in Phantom is at best speculative and at worst completely made-up. But, regardless of the accuracy, it makes for compelling viewing. Phantom is one of the best films of a lousy early 2013 release roster - 3.75/5
Washington Post: Intriguing, if uneven, thriller - 2.5/5
Chicago Tribune: Robinson is undone partly by his own workmanlike touch as a writer, and partly by matters of casting. I like Harris, and he's quite moving here, but every time Duchovny reappears the overall energy level sinks to crush depth. - 2.5/5
: Todd Robinson's film is a third-rate submarine-set drama until, in its final moments, it sinks to fourth-rate. - 1.25/5
The New York Times: The dialogue is dreadful (though we are at least spared the usual hokey Russian accents) and the wrap-up ridiculous, the only mystery being why this peculiarity was ever greenlighted at all. - 0/5
MovieMoReview Rating of Phantom - 2/5
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