The Phantom (1996 film)

The Phantom is a 1996 American superhero film directed by Simon Wincer. Based on Lee Falks comic strip The Phantom, the film stars Billy Zane as a seemingly immortal crimefighter and his battle against all forms of evil. The Phantom also stars Treat Williams, Kristy Swanson, Catherine ZetaJones, James Remar and Patrick McGoohan. The films plot is loosely inspired by three of The Phantom stories, The Singh Brotherhood, The Sky Band and The Belt but adds supernatural elements and several new characters.

In the early 16th century, a young boy witnesses his fathers death at the hands of Kabai Sengh during an attack on their ship by the ruthless Sengh Brotherhood. He is washed ashore on an island called Bengalla and found on the beach by tribesman who take him to their village. There he is given the Skull Ring and swears to devote his life to the destruction of piracy, greed, cruelty and injustice. In adulthood, he adopts the identity of The Phantom, a masked avenger. The role of The Phantom is passed on from father to son through centuries, leading people to believe in a single, immortal figure and accordingly to nickname him The Ghost Who Walks and The Man Who Never Dies.In 1938, Kit Walker Billy Zane, the 21st Phantom, finds a mercenary named Quill James Remar searching for one of the Skulls of Touganda, possession of which grants the owner a tremendous destructive power. The Phantom saves the native boy they had kidnapped as their guide and captures Quills men, turning them over to the Jungle Patrol. However, Quillrevealed as a member of the Sengh Brotherhood, and the man who killed Kits father Patrick McGoohan flees with the Skull and returns to the United States. ........

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