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07/25/08
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
US Box Office: $0
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... [More]
Starring: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Martin Landau, Blythe Danner
Director: Rob Bowman
Reviews for The X-Files: Fight the Future
Top CriticIt may be a tad long, and yes there are a few gaps in the script, but it’s easy to jump aboard and venture into a world beyond, where questions of our origins and our future are interwoven with an adventure in which to escape for a couple of hours.
01/01/00
Top CriticI 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.
08/03/08
...lives up to the standard set by its small-screen predecessor's superb early seasons.
08/01/08
The X-Files movie is really just a two-hour teaser for the series's sixth season. And little else.
05/19/08
Top CriticExcellent!
05/19/08
Top CriticSome 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
Stylish, scary, sardonically funny and at times just plain gross.
05/19/08
Top CriticAs 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 CriticOnly 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
The truth may be out there, but it's certainly not in here.
02/09/06
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
... dumbed down and flattened out
01/29/05
A huge disappointment.
04/08/04
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
Latest News for The X-Files: Fight the Future
November 18, 2008:
Frank Spotnitz Talks X-Files 3 
"X-Files" writer/producer Frank Spotnitz admits that the franchise's second installment didn't do as well as hoped, but he says another sequel isn't out of the question -- and... More...
August 01, 2008:
RT Interview: David Duchovny on The X-Files, Californication and Directing
It's been six years since we last saw Mulder and Scully together on screen, and with the release of The X-Files: Fight the Future, David Duchovny sits down to tell us what the... More...
June 23, 2008:
X-Files: I Want To Believe Sneak Peek
The clips were so revealing, viewers could gather the following: Scully and Mulder are in it, they're looking for something, and they disagree about how to go about it. The... More...
April 16, 2008:
X-Files Sequel Gets A Title!
The truth is finally out there about the new "X-Files" movie title.
The second big-screen spinoff of the paranormal TV adventure will be called "The X-Files: I Want to... More...
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