Quick Movie Review: The X Files (Fight The Future)

7/10

The X Files! What a show that was 5 series of mostly genius, capped off with a movie event that tied up some loose ends and kicked off the next set of storylines.

Of course, your enjoyment of the movie will be directly related to your enjoyment of the series - if you hate the show this is never going to change your mind.

Basically it's more of the same; the big conspiracy was built up over years and almost immediately jumped the shark after the start of season 6 so this is the best bit as far as the "big" storyline goes - the unsatisfying final seasons that would have done better for a clean break with Mulder and Scully era (rather than hanging on to Scully fo rdear life when she clearly doesn't want to be there) are still a long way off at this point.

But enough about its place in the show.

It's a really rather decent ride - I'll never forget the early section where Mulder finds a bomb in a vending machine and the response of his boss to the find is great cinema. The story itself is a bit of enjoyable hokum, revealing the rather odd plot of the "Elders" such as the Cigarette Smoking Man and The Englishman in its strange entirety, and getting a glimpse of the aliens - never a good move in my book.

About halfway through it gets a little too silly but frankly if you like the series it gets a 7/10. If you don't like the show I'd guess at 5/10, but it's not like you'd watch the film if you'd resisted the charms of aliens and the Lone Gunmen (here for about a second).

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