The X Files: Fight the Future (The X Files) (1998)

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"2nd viewing, PC 29 March 2013 Director: Rob Bowman Part of my X-files re-watch round. "

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"24.3.13 blu-ray (rewatch)"

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"The X Files I suppose you could call this one 'Fight The Future' instead, since that's technically the movie title. Fight the Future sounds pretty cool too. "

“When it began you may have thought this paranoid adventure's destiny, in say fifteen years time, was a slot after The Waltons on a Sunday afternoon. A laughable cult to be derided like The Invaders, Land of the Giants or, indeed, Lost In Space. Wrong. It has matured into the most revered SF phenomenon since Star Trek and as those champions of hair, ZZ Top, once proclaimed it's 'got legs'.

Forsaking opening credits or a slow build-up, director Rob Bowman propels us on to a roller-coaster ride of moderately daft spooky shenanigans and grand effects. All the same elements from the TV series are here, shadowy high-ranking figures controlling the planet - "These people have been secretly negotiating a planned Armageddon", plenty of furtive glances and hellish beasties from the dawn of” read more

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"Ah, now we come to the letter "X". Always the hardest letter to come up with a reply to during any kind of letter game. Oh sure, "Q", "Y" & "Z" aren't so easy either, but when it comes the highest level of difficulty when thinking up of an answer, no matter what the category, "X" always marks the spot. Fortunately, in my Favorite films list for the year 1998, in the top ten I have a movie that came straight out a television series. The X-Files: Fight The Future. A sci-fi thriller that remain"

An average movie

“First of all, I have to point out that I have never been a fan of this TV show. Back then, there was a huge hype around it but I kind of missed it. I mean, I did watch a few episodes but it never blew me away. In spite of this, I still wanted to check this flick, just to see how it would turn out in a feature length format. Unfortunately, the end result was rather disappointing, I'm afraid. Indeed, the whole thing felt like a long episode with a very convoluted plot. I know, the show was based on such far-fetched scenarios, maybe that's why I never really enjoyed it. I have read here and there that this movie was supposed to be rather accessible for people not familiar with the show but I really disagree on this. It was obviously made to please the fans as the story was linked to the previ” read more