In all of his screen incarnations - the 1943 serial, the DEFENDERS OF THE EARTH cartoon, PHANTOM 2040 - this is the most fun that the Phantom has ever been. The Phantom of the Open in US theaters TBA 2022 starring Mark Rylance, Sally Hawkins, Rhys Ifans. So it seems almost perverse that the fellow who was chose to play the Phantom in the 2004 film version was Gerard. The tone of the movie is equal parts tongue-in-cheek and glorious Saturday matinee. Film Soundtrack, 2004 (Sony) (1 / 5) Whatever one’s opinion of The Phantom of the Opera in musical or dramatic terms, its title role offers a golden opportunity for a leading man with a beautiful and distinctive singing voice. Even the makers struggle to piece the whole thing together. Zane's take on the Phantom leans towards heroic bombast mixed with a generous spoonful of irreverence. The second half dives into a much darker space, when a second character is linked to the incident. In fact, don't even read its one-line description. For what its worth, The Phantom is best enjoyed when you know as little about the case as possible. The first half of the documentary marches ahead like it wants to paint a straightforward, somewhat lazy picture of Carlos De Luna as a vicious murderer, and then proceeds to turn that story on its head, ripping apart every detail piece-by-piece.
In a state known to hand out a lot of death penalties (Texas i.e.) especially to its citizens of color, the case in question is undoubtedly the most outrageous one. The movie is wonderfully entertaining, red-blooded and rousing, and with a production design that makes it uncommonly handsome. While the makers only manage to scrape the surface of this deeply unsettling murder case, it is definitely a story that needs to be told. Billy Zane stars as the Phantom, Treat Williams is the evil Xander Drax, Kristy Swanson is the plucky Diana, and the stunts and special effects are nonstop.
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