Only two scenes in this spin-off are worth the time of followers of the TV series.
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05/19/08
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
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
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Reviews for The X-Files: Fight the Future
Top CriticWhat UFO conspiracy movie would be complete without a scene of the heroes running through a cornfield with helicopters chasing them?
04/04/03
The truth may be out there, but it's certainly not in here.
02/09/06
A huge disappointment.
04/08/04
One of the season's more lightly enjoyable mainstream offerings.
01/01/00
Top CriticNo better, indeed no different, than a two-hour special on TV would have been.
01/01/00
It's really not worth going into the performances of Duchovny and Anderson. Basically, they act intense, surprised and smart.
01/01/00
This sci-fi thriller delivers the goods.
03/02/02
Production-wise, the film is pretty slick with large budget F/X helping the upscale television production.
04/09/05
Comes across as dull and derivative as its television source is intelligent and innovative.
03/19/03
A most unusual summer blockbuster: one that delivers the thrilling goods with an uncommon dose of intelligence and complexity.
01/01/00
As pure movie, The X-Files more or less works. As a story, it needs a sequel, a prequel, and Cliff Notes.
01/01/00
Top CriticThe director, Rob Bowman, is not some TV hack; his work is thrillingly kinetic.
06/08/07
It's a more commanding vision, encouraging even more focused consumption of visible objects.
01/01/00
Dark, funny, paranoid, arbitrary, humming with tamped-down eroticism and in love with all things weird: That's the good news.
05/19/08
Top CriticOne 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
Ultimately, in the film, Carter delivers the goods to die-hard fans.
01/01/00
David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson are enormously sympathetic heroes.
06/18/02
Top CriticHad the creator of The X-Files set out to prove that tiny theorem, he couldn't have done a better job.
07/12/02
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
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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