| The X-Files: Fight the Future | | Cast : | David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson | | Director : | Rob Bowman | | Studio : | Twentieth Century Fox | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, DTS Surround Sound, Widescreen, Dolby | | Released Date : | June 19, 1998 | | DVD Released Date : | January 23, 2001 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), French (Dubbed), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Original Language) | | Audience Rating : | PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | August 03, 2005 | | Summary | An X-Phile Must-Have | Content
 | If you're a fan (or fanatic) of the show, this is a Collector's Edition you absolutely must have. Included in this specially boxed set are goodies for x-philes and X-Files fans alike. Apart from the movie itself, you also get a video of the Making of the the X-Files, cells from the film, poster cards of the promotions for the film, and the much-talked about (perhaps Urban Legend-ized) red script of the film.
As for the film, it has enough in it to satisfy the die-hard fan, but is user-friendly enough for even the most novice viewer of the X-Files phenomenon. All the familiar faces are present, the antagonists are in place, and the mystery, drama, action and intrigue will entertain any viewer. And for those mourning the loss of the show, it has enough bells and whistles to tie you over until the second film is finally released. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 20, 2005 | | Summary | Fight the Future | Content
| I have always been a fan of the X-Files and the movie advanced the story to another level. If you are a fan of the show the movie is a must have. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 17, 2005 | | Summary | Just a bigger episode of the show | Content
| In this extended episode of the X-Files, Scully and Mulder are re-assigned to an anti-terrorism task-force of the FBI. (The FBI has ended Fox Mulder's mission to uncover evidence of a massive conspiracy of aliens and humans to do something incredibly severe to mankind; now that they're no longer scoping for little green men, the least the bureaus can expect is to get a little descent work out of them.) The flick reunites us with Scully and Mulder during an horrific Oklahoma City style bombing - but not before a prolog set during the ice age in which antediluvian men battle a feral looking alien. Back to modern times - when the bombing begins to look less like an act of terrorism than another act of cover-up for the UFO-conspiracy, Mulder and Scully spring to action.
Actually, how many episodes of the show does that brief synopsis describe? This movie takes advantage of being a feature release (Mulder gets to curse; the special effects look better, including the mammoth explosion that kicks off the flick; the characters joke with each other as they haven't on the show - Mulder's "panic face" being a prime example) but never excels enough past the show that spawned it. While the show tended to offer cinematic quality in characters, scripting and direction, the flick itself looks like something off-the-shelf - they took an episode and stretched it out past an hour. Instead of making a more interesting and compelling film, the script just throws in a bigger and heavier version of the "X-Files" we've grown to love). Rather than stake new ground that could appeal to fans and newbies alike, the story simply brings us back to our favorite principals of the UFO Conspiracy (led by "Cigarette"; John Neville also returns) Armin Mueller appears to give the film's best line, when he reassures the other conspirators not to worry about Mulder "One Man Cannot Fight the Future". Despite the cinematic effort, there's little you can say about an alien movie without a particularly interesting alien - the one here turns out to be just another long-clawed, hyper-salivary beast that leaps out of the shadows. The flick also wastes some characters you know deserve the extra effort (Terry Quinn plays a veteran agent blown to hell in the first few minutes; Martin Landau plays another one of the many conspiracy theorists who offers Mulder "the answers", but none of the answers that can be substantiated; Blythe Danner plays a federal investigator, one of many to read one of Scully's reports which are of course unbelievable; the beloved "Lone Gunmen" make a surprise appearance, but a short one). The flick's biggest weakness is that it came out while the show was still on - so it couldn't do anything earth-shaking with its characters. So many conspiracies and counter-conspiracies plague both the movie and the show, that neither gets around to solving the biggest mystery of all - why did they make this movie? |
| Rating | | | Date | July 01, 2005 | | Summary | Well planned, well written, but less than I expected | Content
| When this movie came out, I was a fanatical X-Files fan. I stayed up every friday night to watch. Now, I have slowly lost interest in the Files. When I was in High School, and this movie came out, we waited in anticipation for months, drooling over the idea. When I saw it, I was stunned. This movie is a Conspiracy Theorists dream come true, but it is an X-File episode on crack. Do not expect any major revelations, do not expect Mulder and Scully to share their love for each other, do not expect anything more than you would expect from a regular episode. You will be disappointed if you do otherwise. Walk into it, realizing it is nothing more than Chris Carter and a uber-sized episode after the fifth season, getting us ready for the sixth, and you will be greatly impressed. |
| Rating | | | Date | June 02, 2005 | | Summary | The movie that made me interested in x-files. | Content
| I was, when The X-Files series started, too young to watch it. This movie made me wanna check it out.
I disagree with others, that if you have never watched the show, that its difficult to watch this movie. I personally found it very easy to do so and I think it works great on its own.
Its not just another x-files episode, its so much more and its not only for x-files fans.
X-files have had a huge influence and still has, a lot of movies and tv shows has borrowed greatly from it.
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