Average Rating: 6.1/10
Reviews Counted: 69
Fresh: 44 | Rotten: 25
Results may vary for newcomers, but fans of the series will enjoy its big-screen transition.
Average Rating: 5.9/10
Critic Reviews: 15
Fresh: 8 | Rotten: 7
Results may vary for newcomers, but fans of the series will enjoy its big-screen transition.
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This 60-million-dollar science fiction suspense drama (marketed with an additional 25 million dollars), was adapted from the popular TV series The X-Files -- arriving in theaters while the Emmy-winning series was still being aired, continuing plot threads familiar to many of the series' 25 million viewers, and featuring several familiar recurring characters introduced during the previous five TV seasons. In 15,000 B.C., a strange creature attacks a caveman. Cut to present day, when a boy at the
Jun 19, 1998 Wide
May 4, 1999
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
All Critics (72) | Top Critics (15) | Fresh (46) | Rotten (26) | DVD (30)
The X-Files movie is really just a two-hour teaser for the series's sixth season. And little else.
Dark, funny, paranoid, arbitrary, humming with tamped-down eroticism and in love with all things weird: That's the good news.
Stylish, scary, sardonically funny and at times just plain gross.
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.
The director, Rob Bowman, is not some TV hack; his work is thrillingly kinetic.
Chris Carter had the daunting task of pleasing fans of the show, while at the same time not alienating those new to it. It's a balancing act that he mostly achieved, but in the end it's probably best enjoyed by those who are already fans.
Same TV show sci-fi on a king-sized f/x budget.
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.
...lives up to the standard set by its small-screen predecessor's superb early seasons.
Excellent!
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.
One big, vaguely ominous blur, in which nothing really seems to be at stake except Chris Carter's future as a movie creator.
The truth may be out there, but it's certainly not in here.
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.
... dumbed down and flattened out
After The success of the show, it was obvious that a film would conclude it's terrific run. X Files: Fight The Future is a terrific Sci Fi Horror film with a fairly good story and decent enough acting to keep one entertained. Moulder and Scully are back one the trail of the paranormal, and this film succeeds in
January 28, 2011
Super Reviewer
Released in between two seasons, Fight the Future was a sad cop-out that only true fans could enjoy (I am one of them).
July 16, 2010
Super Reviewer
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