Phantom is a movie that is covertly constructed

Yet another anti-terrorism movie from Kabir Khan, only this time, the story is a one which we wished was true.

The story is a hypothetical one which has several instances of covert operations against the masterminds of the 26/11 attacks, which killed 166 people.

In this movie Daniyal Khan (Saif Ali Khan) is a court martialed army man and is joined by Nawaz Mistry (Katrina Kaif) who is a security consultant. Daniyal is hell bent on taking revenge and killing the people behind the 26/11 attacks.

The movie begins with a high voltage car chase sequence which ends in Daniyal's arrest. He ends up in the same jail as Headley who was one of the accused in the Mumbai attacks.

Headley is one of the members of the terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-taiba.

Daniyal who is in the prison with a changed name, very tactfully kills Headley. All this is done while showing the death as an accident.

Meanwhile, India's RAW agency is supporting Daniyal's endeavor to eliminate the masterminds of the 26/11 attacks discretely and without informing the government. Only a few RAW agents know about the whole operation and are maintaining plausible deniability.

Daniyal's main target is Harif Saeed, the brain behind the attacks on Mumbai.

He embarks on a dangerous mission to kill Harif Saeed whilst changing his identity regularly, and acting against India, in order to come close to his mission's objective.

He is helped by Nawaz and some locals. From here on, a thrilling ride begins with some realistic action.

Performance-wise Saif Ali Khan is convincing while Katrina's performance is satisfactory. There could have been much more done with the storyline of the movie.

In this movie, one sees some nice locales. The direction and the screenplay are good. The music is okay.

The movie is watchable and you will not be disappointed. (ANI)

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