azathothpwiggins THE X-FILES (FIGHT THE FUTURE) is an excellent bridge between seasons 5 and 6. It ties in perfectly, playing like the big screen middle "alien / shadow government conspiracy" episode weaving the series' THE END and THE BEGINNING together. Watching it today, I found it even better than I'd remembered it in 1998. Mulder and Scully are their familiar selves, thankfully, NOT going Hollywood! The introduction of the ferocious EBE's, along w/ the explanation for some of the more perplexing elements of the show, make this movie a gift from the sci-fi gods for all X-philes. Highly recommended...

Eric Stevenson I have seen about half a dozen episodes of "The X-Files" and therefore not enough to really call me a fan. What I saw was certainly good. I was quite eager to see a movie based on such a popular show. I believe that it was actually the relationship between Mulder and Scully that was said to have created the term "shipping". As someone who's really into that, it was a lot of fun to see their chemistry. I knew something would interrupt their kiss. Well, Mulder does mouth to mouth on Scully later, so we got that at least.The plot features a building being destroyed which is revealed to have covered up the deaths of people who died from an alien virus. I just felt like I was watching nothing more than just a long episode of the actual show. That's not what I want to see in a movie. It got really interesting toward the end where they were talking about getting rid of the virus but then the movie ends right there! I really was disappointed by that, but it's still not horrible. I especially like seeing the main villain, Cigarette Smoking Man, but I wish he had more screen time. **1/2

Leofwine_draca The long-awaited X-FILES movie finally burst onto the cinema screens in 1998, and not before time, with five years of the television series behind it. I was somewhat sceptical about the quality of the film, mainly due to the diminishing appeal from the series, which is by now long past its sell-by date and lacks the imaginative magic which made it one of the best television series around when it first began. However, THE X-FILES: FIGHT THE FUTURE, while not brilliant, is still something of a return to the old magic of the series. It certainly doesn't feel like a film, but instead like a 'long' episode. The story about aliens underground and government conspiracies attempt to tie together all the long running conspiracy threads which have been running through the series ever since the pilot episode. It was a difficult task but it generally succeeds well, apart from the fact that as everything is thrown into the plot, nothing is ever looked at in depth. No real secrets are explained at all, which is also disappointing. The conspiracy side of things is pushed aside to make way for kidnapping and other, more audience-friendly aspects.Duchovny and Anderson have by now clinched every aspect of their characters, and so are totally comfortable with them. Martin Landau is good value as a Deep Throat-style informant and other regulars such as Mitch Pileggi and William B. Davis turn up, but are given little to do. The extended budget means that there are a lot more special effects, which is the main benefit of this film, and there's an eye-popping explosion at the start. However, the aliens in this film seem to be heavily influenced by things like ALIEN and SPECIES, with big rows of spiky teeth. These alien types were never in the series and I suppose they have been included as generic monsters. It's a little disappointing. There are some genuinely good moments, like the bit in the white dome with the bees, or the heartfelt moment where Mulder and Scully nearly kiss (I thought they would make an embarrassing mess of this, but they thankfully didn't), or the awe-inspiring moment at the end where the UFO rises out of the ice. With good acting from seasoned performers, excellent special effects and a typically dark and intriguing storyline, THE X-FILES: FIGHT THE FUTURE is a good transgression from television to film. I, for one, hope to see other offerings such as this in the future.

tiskec Who doesn't like Fox Maulder and Dana Skully? The X-Files has to be the best TV-series of the 90's. In fact, it's still hard to beat. It's one of the best acted and mystery shows I've ever seen. There are very few, if any TV shows that could match up. I liked the Genuine feel of the show. Also, the scripts get really deep into detail of the current case (X-File) they're both working on. Each case involves some unsolved, unanswerable conclusion which pertain to myths and legends. The show is also very scientific and uses strong facts in each episodes story-line. Not only was the writer of the X-Files very imaginative, but knowledgeable and intelligent as well. Super intelligent to interweave scientific facts into a mystery based FBI-fictitious script. I would definitely recommend this TV series to anyone. The X-Files never fails to entertain. That's for sure.