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05/19/08
The X-Files: Fight the Future (1998)
64 %
Reviews Counted: 66 Fresh: 42 Rotten:24 Average Rating: 6.1/10
Consensus:
Results may vary for newcomers, but fans of the series will enjoy its big-screen transition.
Runtime: 2 hrs 10 mins
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 show, the movie opens with the discovery of a mysterious black substance which is predictably... [More]
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Starring: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Martin Landau, Blythe Danner, Armin Mueller-Stahl
Director: Rob Bowman
Screenwriter: Chris Carter
Producer: Daniel Sackheim, Chris Carter
Composer: Mark Snow
Screenwriter: Chris Carter
Producer: Daniel Sackheim, Chris Carter
Composer: Mark Snow
Reviews
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It can't decide whether it wants to satisfy those with an obsessive special interest or those looking for a spectacle, and I can't decide if it will satisfy either.
07/20/02
The X-Files movie is really just a two-hour teaser for the series's sixth season. And little else.
05/19/08
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.
05/19/08
Dark, funny, paranoid, arbitrary, humming with tamped-down eroticism and in love with all things weird: That's the good news.
05/19/08
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.
05/19/08
Top Critic
Only two scenes in this spin-off are worth the time of followers of the TV series.
05/19/08
One big, vaguely ominous blur, in which nothing really seems to be at stake except Chris Carter's future as a movie creator.
07/23/07
The director, Rob Bowman, is not some TV hack; his work is thrillingly kinetic.
06/08/07
If you watch the show religiously, you've probably already seen it this weekend.
12/06/05
Production-wise, the film is pretty slick with large budget F/X helping the upscale television production.
04/09/05
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.
08/11/03
It's a great way to relieve the anxiety that the series' endless mysteries have built.
05/22/03
The sci-fi action movie probably has little to offer those not already hooked on the series. Trust me.
05/20/03
What UFO conspiracy movie would be complete without a scene of the heroes running through a cornfield with helicopters chasing them?
04/04/03
Comes across as dull and derivative as its television source is intelligent and innovative.
03/19/03
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