Review of Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom

A Japanese tourist witnesses a murder while on holiday and is chased, cornered by the assassin, Phantom, and given a choice become an assassin or die. From this point on he has one purpose, become the new Phantom the most feared figure in the underworld bringing destruction to the most powerful criminals in America. Brainwashed, controlled by Inferno, a criminal organisation aiming to take control of the underworld, no more than its tool and no recollection of his past he begins to live in a world full of violence and betrayal. And violence and betrayal is what Phantom is about. Names matter only in the senseof identity. But to give names would be to give the plot away.

The pace is slow with intense action and violence with a soundtrack that enhances the mood. The characters aren't likable but that is not to say they are not good. Our Japanese tourist rises to the top of the underworld using and betraying those around him as he is used and betrayed himself. But it is also about relationships as he tries to free and protect himself and those he allows near him to escape the world they are living in.

An intense and violent show which does drag in places but the complex story and characters keeps you gripped to the end.