I want to believe this latest X-Files film was created for a reason other than financial reward, but I find it difficult to guess at what that reason might have been.
The X-Files: Fight the Future (1998)
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Reviews Counted:68
Fresh:43
Rotten:25
Average Rating:6/10
Consensus: Results may vary for newcomers, but fans of the series will enjoy its big-screen transition.
Runtime: 2 hrs 10 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Synopsis: The stars of TV's THE X-FILES, Mulder (David Duchovny) and Scully (Gillian Anderson) make it to the big screen in this long-awaited extension of the hit television series. True to the premise of... The stars of TV's THE X-FILES, Mulder (David Duchovny) and Scully (Gillian Anderson) make it to the big screen in this long-awaited extension of the hit television series. True to the premise of the show, the movie opens with the discovery of a mysterious black substance which is predictably covered up by an unnamed, seemingly official group of men. Evading various perils, Mulder and Scully scramble through a series of spectacularly shot scenes not possible in the television productions. [More]
Starring: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Martin Landau, Blythe Danner
Starring: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Martin Landau, Blythe Danner, Armin Mueller-Stahl
Director: Rob Bowman
Director: Rob Bowman
Screenwriter: Chris Carter
Producer: Daniel Sackheim, Chris Carter
Composer: Mark Snow
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Reviews for The X-Files: Fight the Future
...lives up to the standard set by its small-screen predecessor's superb early seasons.
The X-Files movie is really just a two-hour teaser for the series's sixth season. And little else.
Some fans will be pleased, others annoyed and endless online discussion will be generated, while X virgins will most likely wonder what all the fuss is about.
Dark, funny, paranoid, arbitrary, humming with tamped-down eroticism and in love with all things weird: That's the good news.
As it is, pic serves up set-pieces and a measure of scope that are beyond TV size but remain rather underwhelming by feature standards.
Only two scenes in this spin-off are worth the time of followers of the TV series.
One big, vaguely ominous blur, in which nothing really seems to be at stake except Chris Carter's future as a movie creator.
The director, Rob Bowman, is not some TV hack; his work is thrillingly kinetic.
If you watch the show religiously, you've probably already seen it this weekend.
Production-wise, the film is pretty slick with large budget F/X helping the upscale television production.
I'm sure that fans of the show were satisfied, but others may find this movie uninvolving and its conspiracy theories juvenile. It's nothing more than a two-hour promotion for the television series that fails to resolve any of the conflicts it introduces.
It's a great way to relieve the anxiety that the series' endless mysteries have built.
The sci-fi action movie probably has little to offer those not already hooked on the series. Trust me.
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