The X-Files - Fight the future is my favorite TV-Show translated to film, just because it was the reason why i was interested in the show in the first place.The greatest strength of this movie is that it's a great start for people who have no idea what X-Files is about, and it's a perfect bridge between Season 5 & 6 for fans.Also really great is the fact that all the people who worked on the show, also worked on this movie. The show is already very cinematic and one of the best looking TV-Shows ever made, but the movie is even more beautiful and you can feel that everyone has a blast showing things that weren't possible on the small screen.It's also more action packed then the show for that reason, but it's not non-stop action and zero plot, but much suspenseful plot, with three action set-pieces which are the more effective because of that.Mark Snow made the soundtrack for the show, which was already memorable and very tense, but now he can stand up and walk away from his synthesizer and go to a full blown orchestra, which hits it big, especially hearing the X-Files Theme in the cinematic version gave me goosebumps, BEFORE i was a fan of the show. https://youtu.be/oBCvGXL7teQ?t=116 All in all a very entertaining, smart, big and beautiful Mysterythriller, not just for fans...

Completely Unnecessary Theatrical Treatment of the Popular TV-Series. Chronologically Located between Seasons 5-6.Capturing the Zeitgeist of the Conspiracy Community and the General Population's Fascination with Government Cover-Ups, Alien Visitation, and all things Unexplained and Paranormal. It was the right Show at the right Time.Sharp Writing, Creepy, Gloomy, Doomy, and Diabolically Clever, the "X-Files" is simply one of the Best TV Shows Ever. However, the Real Truth is that this Movie was a Signpost that signaled a Downward Spiral for the much Loved Series. David Duchovny as Agent Fox Mulder and Gillian Anderson as Agent Dana Scully, both were Perfect Personifications of Protagonist Heroes that were doing the Right Thing for the Right Reasons. Both were Smart, Brave, extremely Likable, and not afraid to Tell Truth to Power. The Movie was just more of the Same from the Show. It seemed to be more of an Expectation than an Extravagant Expansion of the Show, and was made more as a Nod to the Fans than a Vehicle for Elaborate Expounding.It just sort of is and nothing more. It can be Viewed with Little Knowledge of the events on the Weekly Series, but it does Help to have a General Knowledge of the 5-Season Nucleus. Fans and Devotees of the Show were Mixed, but generally Agree that it is Worth a Watch. Most were just Glad to see Mulder and Scully, Badges and Flashlights in Hand, on the Big Screen.

I am admittedly late to the X Files party (seventeen years late!), having never seen this movie before and never so much as glimpsed at the apparently very successful TV series. Good to know that I won't be indulging in X Files binge watching.Well, this is sci-fi, in some ways, but it's quite mediocre. To be honest, I am not a sci-fi aficionado--far from it, in fact. But the story here was rather scrappy and there was just too much goo and slime for me to be drawn into the production aesthetically. Added to that, I also hate insects.The main protagonists were kind of ridiculous and the lame romance woven in at the end seemed highly gratuitous. I don't know. I cannot really see what people see in this film. It's not logical (aren't sci-fi geeks supposed to be intelligent?), and lacks even a modicum of basic coherence. The only character I liked was the guy (Martin Landau) who also plays Judah in Crimes and Misdemeanors. He did seem sort of crazy (as all conspiracy theorists are stereotypically depicted). To be honest, I was not sorry to see the apocalyptic end of the world of this film, finally achieved through pressing the 'off' button on my television set. Would not watch again. Do not recommend.

The X-Files movie (or, as it is now called "X-Files: Fight the Future") was a disappointment to me when I saw it in the theatres back in the day, and I had the same reaction watching it on Blu-Ray just today.It's an OK movie, but it suffers in comparison with the best of the TV episodes. The story isn't as interesting, crazy or scary as many in the series, the pace of the story is much slower (whole film should have been at least 15 minutes shorter), and the banter between the main characters is not as sharp.And since ALL of this is also true of the later "I Want to Believe" feature film--except even more so-- then the only conclusion I can come to is that Chris Carter should stick to TV. At least as far as X-Files goes. A genius at TV, he just doesn't seem to get what works in movies.I hope they revive the series with Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny in the leads. It would actually make more sense for experienced FBI agents to be in their mid 40s to early 50s, in my opinion. (of course, it helps that Duchovny is still quire handsome and Anderson has gotten even hotter in her mid years). If they do it as a limited series,like House of Cards or American Horror Story, I think it could be a big hit.