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The X Files Movie [VHS] [1998]

VHS ~ David Duchovny
4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (32 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, John Neville, William B. Davis, Martin Landau
  • Directors: Rob Bowman
  • Writers: Chris Carter, Frank Spotnitz
  • Producers: Bruce Devan, Chris Carter, Daniel Sackheim, Lata Ryan, Mary Astadourian
  • Format: Closed-captioned, Dolby, PAL, Special Edition, Surround Sound, Widescreen
  • Language English
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
  • VHS Release Date: 29 Mar 1999
  • Run Time: 118 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004CYBG
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 11,023 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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The definitive American television series of the 1990s. The X-Files comes to the big screen with an anticlimactic whimper. And how could it be otherwise? Why should material so perfectly realised in one medium necessarily translate well into another? The series is crisply and thoughtfully executed in just about every detail, but the heart of its appeal lies in the elegant handling of complicated and evolving ongoing story lines, which is not something movies are especially good at. The big-screen drive for closure cramps the creative style, though it may also help nonfans get a grip on the proceedings. We do get some invigorating thrills and chills, however, and a more satisfying sense of the scale of an all-enveloping human-alien conspiracy than ever before, but there's no more plot development here than in an average two-part season-ending. FBI black sheep Mulder and Scully have been temporarily transferred from the X-Files project to an anti-terrorist unit to investigate an Oklahoma City-style bombing. They uncover a new wrinkle in the Syndicate/Cancer Man conspiracy--basically an attempt to help one bunch of (benign?) aliens fight off another bunch who want to colonise Earth. A spectacular, ice-bound finale thrillingly staged by series-veteran director Rob Bowman offers Mulder (but not a conveniently unconscious Scully) his first clear look at a You Know What, which in some quarters qualifies as an epochal event. Martin Landau offers the agents some crucial clues, and several familiar TV faces (including the Lone Gunmen and Mitch Pileggi's indispensable Assistant Director Skinner) turn up briefly to wink knowingly at faithful fans. --David Chute

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A secret hidden over thirty-seven thousand years ago is about to re-emerge. A deadly virus which may destroy all life on the planet finds Mulder and Scully on the track of the men who have the power to keep secrets... Includes extra film footage and interviews.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining, better than I remember..., 9 Jan 2006
By Iceni Peasant (Norfolk, England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The X Files Movie [1998] [DVD] (DVD)
I first saw this movie in the cinema on its release and wasn't sure whether I liked it or not. However having purchased all the seasons DVDs and watching this movie again in between Season 5 and Season 6, it is VERY relevant and good entertainment, linking those two Seasons together.

It perhaps doesn't have the same feel as the series, but all the elements are still there. Mulder and Scully nagging at each other in their funny ways, Skinner playing middle ground, and Cigarette Smoking Man always lurking in the least suspecting of places.

The movie DOES progress the theory of the conspiracy the Syndicate has with the aliens to form a slave race, while at the same time trying to invent an anti-virus to fight off that impending invasion
The special effects are excellent and the movie does have quite a bit of pace.

As a fan from the start I still feel it could have been better in places and have a bit more edge like the episodes have, but it's still very worthwhile to have this movie in your X-Files collection.

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Fight The Future, 11 Sep 2005
This review is from: The X Files Movie [1998] [DVD] (DVD)
For 5 years The X Files haunted tv screens around the world. Chris Carter his and Chums created this movie as a "treat" to fans for being so loyal to the show. What was also done however, was that the movie was also made so that anyone could sit down and watch it. However, to experince the full impact of the movie, those who have already followed the show through its 5 Seasons will respect and enjoy this movie. (And will of course scream as I did when Mulder & Scully's near kiss is cut short due to a little bee problem)

The aspect of this movie is a two part X File episode in one go, we were left on a rather od cliffhanger in Season 5 and then the movie very much picks up from there. Certian themes are ressurecited for the movie (ie The Black Oil), but also a new Alien form shows up (although this is very much a mimic of ALIENS, The X Files version mixes very well with the growing mythology). In the context of WHEN this movie was relesed, it was awful. Boring and even confusing. But in context of the over all show and The DVDs, this is a must for your X Fies collection.

For not only does this tie in with the Season 6 opener, but also these themes will return in Season 8. (Keep an eye out for "Fight The Future" later on in the series of the show.)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Fight the Future, a must for all serious X-File fans, 27 April 2000
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This review is from: The X Files Movie [1998] [DVD] (DVD)
For those of you who, have heard of, but never watched the X-Files. This film will give you all you need to know. It all starts with two men in the Ice Age period, stumbling upon an Alien or two, A fight commences and ultimately death consumes all by the 'black oil'. Then. Present day and a search for a bomb in the FBI Building, Agents Scully and Mulder played by Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny are searching a building across from the Main FBI Headquarters, hot and bored by their assignment, Mulder finds a Drinks machine and finds more than Chilled drinks. What comes next is a long chain of events, ranging from explosions, lies and deciept. Some of the answers are given to the questions asked during the seasons 1 thru 5. Season 6 continues where the film ends. You also get some background info on Mulder, in a drunken state, he pours out his bad day to some bemused bartender. Scully's history is also promoted, to keep the uninformed aware of what went on before. All in all I thoroughly enjoyed this film and the DVD quality made the pleasure 10 times better than cassette. Chris Carter in my opinion, did an excelent job as did the entire cast, AD Skinner, CSM, Lone Gunmen, Martin Landau (Space 1999). Looking forward to the Seasons being released on DVD.
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I watched the whole of the original X Files when they were first on TV and loved the series. I have just purchased (and watched) the X Files movie and have to admit that it has... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic stand alone with no loose ends!
This film is totally better than I remembered. Then again, I probably appreciate it more now with the glut of awful films to have been released over the past few years. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars A FANTASTIC MOVE TO THE BIG SCREEN
I always laugh at those that say this film is nothing more than a television episode transferred to the big screen. I always feel like going yes, you are right. Why? Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars Stand Alone
I used to wacth xfiles when it first came out but lost track of it around season 3. A fluke chance led me to purchase this film and wasn't really dissapionted! Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars to complete season 5
season 5 is somehow too short for me, apart from redux-like myth episodes, the lone epis are not that exciting, a bit of filler really. Read more
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