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Summary: The ABSOLUTE BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: I am a HUGE fan of The X-Files TV show, and this movie was definitely NOT a disappointment!! It added so much to an already ASTONISHING television series. There was tons of action, suspense, emotion, and comedy in this movie. My favorite scene would have to be the famous one in Mulder's hallway... well I won't spoil it!! Everything about this movie is SUPERB and BREATHTAKING and X-tremely COOL. I can watch it again and again without getting bored!! That's definitely a plus!! Anyway, this DVD is ABSOLUTELY a must-buy. It should be the FIRST item on your Christmas List!!!!!!!
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Summary: Not that good.
Review: There was no reason to make this movie because it did not advance anything. The characters are just as confused as they were before. The X-Files is actually one of the great tragedies of American television. What was once an original and innovative show became stupid and pretentious. It was like a spider that got caught in its own web.
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Summary: Phenominal
Review: I've been watching The X-Files since the night it premiered, and this 1998 big screen adaption is everything that long time fans of the series could have ever hoped for. David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson bring FBI Agents Mulder and Scully to the big screen flawlessly, and veteran series director Rob Bowman (who would direct 2002's Reign of Fire) gives the film an extremely stylish look as long time fans finally get some of the answers they have been looking for since the show began (although we also get more questions popping up as well). Series vets Mitch Pileggi (A.D. Skinner), William B. Davis (Cancer Man), and The Lone Gunmen are also on board, as is Martin Landau in a pivotal role, but while long time viewers will get the drift of it all, new comers to the show may feel a bit left out. All in all, The X-Files film is a great film in it's own right, and it stands as an important chapter in one of the best and most recognized syndicated shows to come along in years.
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Summary: One of my all time favs..
Review: This is a great movie. Anyone that is a fan of the show will totally love this movie. It has all the elements for a hit...
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Summary: THE epic culmination "episode"
Review: I agree with a number of other reviewers in saying 'X-Files: The Movie' is built for anyone; even if you have not seen a single X-Files episode. But what separates this movie from the endless chapters of alien chasing and studying is its epic magnitude. Most people know that Mulder had been claiming aliens abducted his sister from day one. What this film does is put that issue to rest (amongst others). So, in essence, this movie offers closure to what has been building from the very first episode. This film is by no means perfect, as it seems the formulaic ideas of Hollywood are being squeezed in for good measure. At one point in this movie, there is a connection between Mulder and Scully that hints at a lost romance that never occurred, but should've, between the two stars. Sure, it lasted only about ten seconds, but the longtime fan might be forced to let out a soft chuckle at how unfitting it was. Also, even in a movie about extraterrestrials, a few action sequences seemed to go over-the-top. Watching Mulder dangle and recover like Sylvester Stallone in 'Cliffhanger' was something we could've done without.Once you get passed the few over-exaggerated aspects of the film, everything else seems to work perfectly. The very beginning of the movie is excellent, a definite attention getter. And from there the movie works in the same fashion that an episode would. But it's almost like you're watching four episodes in a row. And since they don't have to cram a whole x-file into one 30 minute bit, the movie becomes more elaborate and a bit more calm. Some people might cite this as bad, but others might love it. The story is well scripted and the acting by everyone is flawless. Duchovny and Anderson are as good as ever, and other actors like Martin Landau and Mitch Pileggi (as Skinner) do great justice to the movie's brilliant casting. 'X-Files: The Movie' has a pretty apparent target audience. The average diehard X-fan will obviously enjoy every moment and love it (if they haven't seen it already). And on the other hand, anyone who hates Fox Mulder, Dana Scully, and every episode they stumbled upon while channel surfing should do their best to avoid this one. Finally, there's the people in the middle (like me). If you have seen numerous installments of the X-Files on TV, but don't live and die by them, you will most likely benefit from this film in the same manner that the diehards do. It is extremely enjoyable, well written from start to finish--minus the few exaggerations--and, again, is an epic culmination that just about every admirer can say they've been waiting for. Highly recommended... but know what you like beforehand.
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Summary: Disclosure of the XF.
Review: i eagerly awaited June 3rd for this disc to come out. forget T2 extreme edition, forget Animatrix. GIMME X FILES! i keep wondering if i'm the last X-Files fan left on Earth. regarding the story itself, it's pretty bland. at the end of season 5 the "x files dept" of the fbi was disbanded and mulder+scully are "reassigned" onto other departments of which is the beginning of this movie "fight the future". this movie feels like an episode of the x-files, a very very bad one, that doesn't even surpass the widescreen bermuda triangle episode. at the end of this movie (i won't spoil it) takes you to season 6 and so on and so forth. as a standalone movie chris carter is trying to do waaay too much. if you were making a movie, just make a GOOD one. don't give me the "let me attract both new audiences and fanboys" cause you will fail miserably! and that's what happened to "fight the future". you can't be BOTH! just make the best possible movie without trying to please anyone but yourself! the moment you try and target a artistic medium to an 'audience' is th moment the artist himself sold out. we got another very 'dumb+dumberer' 2 episodes of the series itself contained in a movie. well what's the point? with just a few minutes of character interaction in the first half hour then the rest of th movie is spent as one big action sequence after another with little character building. i mean a movie should be BIG and epic but this one feels so SMALL and insignificant! pick any season opener/ending of the series X Files and the small television screen will display the larger scope of the X Files. what i mean is it's the moments of character interaction LEADING up to the action sequences that make a movie important, not the action itself. i hope they don't try to please everyone again with the sequel to the X Files movie. in fact let's hope they spend all these years since '98 working on the script/idea of pleasing themselves (or in Chris's case himself) instead of trying to appease everyone else. i was going to go right out to the store and buy it right on that date instead of ordering here on Amazon but then i thought... i don't think i would be able to find it since it's such an obscure title in the grand scheme of movies such as Gladiator or Matrix. so i gave up and ordered. and it didn't take long (thx Amazon ;) nearly a few days after i popped in the movie into my huge 5.1 surround sound HTPC (Home Theater Personal Computer)... it doesn't disappoint at all! the visual quality was awe-inspiring. the anamorphic transfer dipped into 9megabits/second at times! that means you it's a VERY high resolution transfer (just like superbits) i tried the Dolby Digital 448kps and DTS 768kps and the surround sound is unbelievable. i liked how the implosion of the fed building rocked my subwoofer. i also liked the hovering ship at the end but i won't spoil you further. the positives aside i was vastly disappointed that the deleted scenes and extras from the pervious incarnation of this movie on DVD weren't included. the original disc was simply letterboxed, that means less resolution of the movie, and the Dolby Digital was 300ish, lackluster compared to DTS. i never bought that DVD cause i knew one day Fox or Chris Carter was bound to update the XF disc into a "SE". i always liked to own the "definitive" edition of things. like T2, i tohught "Ultimate Edition" was it but now i come to find out there's another one. anyway i thought this disc was it. now that date has arrived but they stripped out everything that was on the 'frist edition' DVD that came out. there wasn't even a 2nd disc with extras on it. this disc plays like a bastard child that has weathered more share of trouble in its life. it comes out on top at the end with very nice quality presentation. that's why i'm giving it 2 stars. for me... it was an emotional roller coaster ride, i waited half a decade for a DVD of The X-Files Fight the Future and this is what came my way? it's apparent to me now that Chris Carter+gang do not really care much for the fans of th series just like George Lucas. even if XF2 movie comes out i doubt it'll ever surpass the first 5 years of the X-Files series on television. Carter told us to Trust No One but now We can't trust Carter.
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Summary: The television stories were better!
Review: Too many questions are left unanswered; Duchovny lazily utters his lines; Mitch Pileggi ("Skinner") has primarily a walk-on; Anderson seems uncertain; enigmatic villains the Smoking Man (William B. Davis), and the Well-Manicured Man ("John Neville) are onscreen too briefly; Academy Award-winner Martin Landau wanders around with the "bug-eyed" dumbfounded look, perhaps what the role called for. The film does sport some nifty exteriors and a frighteningly realistic explosion of a federal building. Both of those are not enough, however, to salvage a disappointing movie.
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Summary: X Filers United....
Review: I know, I know....what took me so long to rent this? Well, frankly I'm not an X Files person/tv watcher. But I finally saw it. The cinematography is well done and the movie is a fun version of the tv show but definitely not worth the wait. While the characters are put into cool action situations and plenty of secrets were revealed, I feel that unless you are an avid fan of the show.....most of this is pretty average sci-fi fare. Also found out the 'true' title of it today......
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Summary: The X-Files - Fight the Future A silver screen beauty!
Review: At the end of the outstanding fifth season, Chris Carters genius found a new canvas via the silver screen in this, the culmination of five years of superb episodic television. On the silver screen; The X-Files, David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson are in every way movie stars and the genre in this format are visually stunning. Chris Carters genius shines through as this film was made prior to shooting the fifth season of the episode and therefore they had to design the entire fifth season around the film. In no uncertain terms, Chris Carter and the other producers of the series proved that they could exceed even their own high standards and take the genre to the silver screen. The only real question is, now that the series is over after nine years, are or when are they going to film a second movie? The premise: MINOR SPOILERS At the conclusion of the fifth season, The X-Files have been closed as those who have been conspiring with the alien forces have desired to do, since Mulder and Scully were getting a little too close to their flame. The movie opens with a stunning scene taking the viewers back thirty five thousand years where we witness an encounter between cavemen and an alien. We're then taken to the present day where Mulder and Scully are in Dallas, TX. The X-Files are closed and they're working as normal agents, searching for a bomb on a hot Texas day. Unfortunately for them, although Mulder discovers the location of the bomb, it still goes off, killing a senior agent and supposedly three other people in the building. This leads to the FBI needing scapegoats and directing the separation of Mulder and Scully. Of course, Mulder can't sit still for this and in the only way he and Scully know how, they begin to uncover the conspirators' plots. What follows is simply a silver screen masterpiece as we are finally, after five wonderful years of questions, given some answers. Unfortunately along with these long awaited answers we find that there are more questions. As the producers of the show have stated all along, they've been making television movies all along and were ready for the big screen, so right they were. Exceptional performances by David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, William B. Davis and Mitch Pileggi. Nods to Chris Carter and director Rob Bowman for casting Martin Landau. Mark Snow who has done the score for every episode is, of course, given the opportunity to exceed his own high standards in the film, as the score is beautifully played out. Highlighting the score is the film being digitally THX mastered. Bonus Features: The Making of "The X-Files;" Audio Commentary; Extra Footage and Theatrical Trailers. Included in the DVD case is a special eight page booklet giving a short synopsis of several of "The X-Files" key players and a small card displaying one of the many wonderful paintings done of Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. I would highly recommend this film, even for the casual viewer or somebody new to the genre as the filmmakers ensured to make it accessible to even those who'd never once seen an episode.
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Summary: Absolutely phenomenal - Mulder and Scully at their best!
Review: I will always consider The X-Files to be the greatest TV programme of the 1990's - maybe of all-time, but that may be pushing it a bit. I have been an avid viewer for years now and think it's a great shame that it's finally ended. Even so, The X-Files is a TV show that will never be forgotten. Repeats will still be shown in decades time. After Season 5 of this amazing TV show, Chris Carter (creator/director) decided to make a big-screen film to tie up a few loose ends that occured in the previous seasons... The film opens in the past - 35,000 BC actually in North Texas. It's a cold and barren place, probably around the time of the Ice Age. Something happens that we know nothing about, but will set the way forward for the rest of the film when two primates are attacked by what seems to be an alien. After this, we move to present day Dallas, Texas where the FBI are investigating a terrorist bomb threat in the Federal Building. We shortly meet our two heroes, agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson). In short, we're told that the X-Files have been closed but that Mulder and Scully are still partnered. Scully is somewhat exasperated because her partner is again being unorthodox and searching another building across the street from the one the rest of the Bureau is searching. Mulder and Scully soon learn that the bomb is in the building opposite the one suspected. An FBI agent claims he can defuse the bomb - but he doesn't. The building is evacuated as the FBI Agent just sits there as the seconds tick away. The building does explode, but instead of Mulder and Scully being hailed as heroes, they're hauled in front of an inquiry to explain why five people died instead of the countless number that would have died had the bomb not been discovered. Thinking this to be a cover-up of something much more massive, Mulder and Scully begin going on an undercover hunt for significant clues as to the reasons for the deaths of the three deceased, and Scully concludes that what killed them consists of a new form of life that drains away the nutrients of the human body. Moreover, as they continue their explorations, under the watchful eye of several conspirators that have taken different sides, they find that there is a much larger cover-up, one that holds the key to the destruction of all mankind and the beginning of a new species... Dr. Alvin Kurtzweil (Martin Landau) is supposedly an old friend of Mulder's father - but this is the X-Files, so who can you trust? Kurtzweil supplies Mulder with what he believes to be vital and secret government information that helps Mulder and Scully uncover the truth. Kurtzweil writes books on alien conspiracies, although no one believes him. Mulder and Scully investigate unmarked tanker trucks that supposedly carry an alien virus. They are led to the desert when crop fields are being grown. Scully is stung by a wasp later on and is infected with this alien virus. She is taken away to Antarctica by these alien foes in human form to join the rest of the humans who have been infected with this virus. Mulder doesn't know the whereabouts of Scully, but is helped by an unknown, known only as 'The Well-Manicured Man' in the credits. The Well-Manicured Man works for the FBI and is trying to keep the truth underwraps. He decides to put an end to it by giving Mulder a vaccine to the virus to help Scully, knowing his life will be over once it's found out what he tells Mulder. Until the Dallas incident, the FBI believed that the virus would simply control the entire worldy population - that mass-infection would make them a slave race - imagine their surprise when the aliens began to gestate. Along with the vaccine to the virus, the man gives Mulder the co-ordinates in Antarctica to the location of where Scully is. Mulder has 96 hours to arrive at Wilkes Land, Antarctica to save Scully before it's too late. As the film draws nearer to the end, we learn a lot more about what's going on - not the whole truth, of course (this is the X-Files, don't you know?!). Millions of years ago, aliens arrived on planet Earth. Those that didn't leave have been laying dormant underground since the last Ice Age in the form of an evolved pathogen, waiting to be re-constituted by the alien race when it comes to colonize Earth, using the human race as hosts. Against this, the FBI has no defence but this weak vaccine given to Mulder by the unknown man. With the information and cure in hand, Mulder sets off to Antarctica to rescue Scully from the aliens. This plot to the film may sound incredibly corny, yet it is phenomenally believable and totally absorbing. David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson give exceptional performances in the X-Files movie and the plot is intriguing and engrossing to say the least. The film can also be very moving at times, especially the hallway scene where Mulder and Scully almost kiss and the final five minutes in Antarctica. Other co-stars includes X-Files series regulars Cigarette-Smoking Man (William B. Davis) and Assistant Director Walter Skinner (Mitch Pileggi) and a special appearance from The Lone Gunmen. Will Mulder save Scully from the alien race? And will the truth finally be revealed to the rest of the world? Watch it and see! OVERALL GRADE: 10/10 Regardless of whether your a viewer of the X-Files or not, the film version is an absolute must-see for everyone. If you've never watched the series, once you've watched the film version of the X-Files, you will, without a shadow of a doubt, want to see more. This is the main source that introduced me to the X-Files phenomenon - and I'm sure I wasn't the only one. The X-Files movie is one of the greatest films of the 1990's as is the TV show - buy this superb film from Amazon now. You will NOT regret it!
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