Review – Phantoms

One of the rules I try to abide by is that I only review films that I’ve seen uncut, from start to finish, without interruption. So technically I guess this one shouldn’t count, since it put me to sleep somewhere in the middle (I admit it had been a long day, but still ...). But I’m going to count it anyway because I rewound the tape and watched the part I slept through. Not, mind you, that it made much difference; this meandering stinker about the battle between a small cadre of humans and an ancient organism out to dominate the planet wasn’t vastly improved (or really even affected) by the part where I dozed off. Oh, and if the premise sounds a little like a cheap rip-off of The Thing, you ain’t seen nothin’ until you’ve seen the special effects (especially late in the movie). A few bush-league thrills, but otherwise ... See if desperate