Phantom

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  • Opened March 1, 2013 
  • 1 hr 37 min
  • R | Violence
  • Parents: Common Sense Media says OK for kids 15+. More on child suitability

  • Ed Harris plays the captain of a Cold War Soviet missile submarine who has recently been suffering from seizures that alter his perception of reality. Forced to leave his wife and daughter, he is rushed into a classified mission, where he is haunted by his past and challenged by a rogue KGB group (led by David Duchovny) bent on seizing control of the ship’s nuclear missile. With the fate of humanity in his hands, Harris discovers he has been chosen for this mission in the belief he would fail. PHANTOM is a suspense submarine thriller about extraordinary men facing impossible choices. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Ed Harris, David Duchovny, William Fichtner, Lance Henriksen, Johnathon Schaech
  • Director: Todd Robinson
  • Genres: Suspense/Thriller

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Phantom-a Russian submarine story,

by mister2tim

Phantom Although the movie is set as a dramatic naval submarine movie, in the early nuclear era, the interaction of the characters play a more significant and suspenseful part of the movie plot than...

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by abbypug

If you are llooking for action and thrills - this is not the film. It was slow, poorly acted, and I found my self falling asleep a few times during it. It would be ok for cable or DVD but not the...

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Very Little Emotional Investment Here...A By-The-Numbers Formula.

by Alon Patterson

I'm not sure what seems the least enthused in this film, its audience or the actor?s performances, but one thing's certain, this film could have been better, much better. They had the sets, talent,...

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Critic Reviews

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ReelViews
| James Berardinelli

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. Read full review

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New York Post
| Lou Lumenick

Todd Robinson’s Phantom gives us a couple of things we haven’t seen in a while: the great Ed Harris and a Cold War submarine thriller. It’s not something you want to plunk down $12 for, but just diverting enough to check out when it arrives on Netflix Instant. Read full review

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New York Observer
| Rex Reed

To be honest, I can rarely recall any film, on any subject, that made less sense. Read full review

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Boston Globe
| Tom Russo

The crew doesn’t much look the part either, save for Schaech’s Stalin ’stache. Yet the movie does show the ability to get past this, even with the weight of all its narratively risky conspiracy theorizing. It’s a shame the intrigue has to get torpedoed by elements that mostly feel correctable. Read full review

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A scene from "Phantom."