X-Files episodes almost always fell squarely into one of two categories: the Monster-of-the- Week standalone case file story, or the "Myth-Arc" episodes that explored the cover-up conspiracy Mulder and Scully spent their careers discovering. A feature film adaptation of a TV series, to succeed (from an artistic point of view), generally needs to scoop up and coalesce as many elements as possible to give a good snapshot of the "spirit" of the show. X-FIles: Fight the Future tries to do that but was doomed to fail from the start: the MotW and Myth-Arc episodes were of such radically divergent spirits that with other leads they almost (but not quite) could have worked in separate universes altogether.Ultimately they went the road of the Myth-Arc type, though they tried to incorporate some MotW motifs in there as well, notably with the subplot of "Scully in danger" that became a staple of the MotWs beginning with the very first one ("Squeeze"). But it seems almost like an afterthought tacked on to the end, and given how far the overall story had come by this point novice viewers simply weren't going to make sense of this. Understandably the film had to tie into the show, but this was far from the most satisfying of the Myth-Arc installments. If only the show's earlier seasons had gotten higher ratings the seasons 2-3 trilogy of "Anasazi," "The Blessing Way" and "Paper Clip" would have made for a much more understandable feature film, despite their solid Myth-Arc qualification.Back to this one. In general the plot is thin and in some places incoherent: the progression of events surrounding Mulder getting the blame after being the only one who made the right guess and Scully's reassignment hearings isn't logical at all. The production team and the actors are, of course, as good as ever but they really don't have a lot to work with. Setting the film across multiple locations was clearly like a last-ditch attempt to make something big out of a story that, despite spanning vast areas of the globe, ultimately feels so small.Ultimately this film has its place - though not especially high up there - in the X-Files continuity and canon, but is scarcely "worthy" as a feature film. It doesn't stand alone and it certainly isn't "epic." It's still true to the spirit of the show but without capturing the fullness of that essence. In the end, it leaves a fan like myself just... indifferent.

For nearly all successful television dramas, there comes the conflict of when the show should end. For most of the X-Files' first few seasons, show creator Chris Carter imagined the show running five seasons, then spinning off into a series of motion pictures (much like the original series of Star Trek). However, with the Fifth Season of the X-Files garnering the best ratings in the show's history, it became obvious that the FOX network would do anything it could to bring its most successful hour back.Now, what does that above statement have to do with this movie? During the promotion of the movie, the creators touted it as giving "all the answers", essentially the be-all, end-all of the X- Files' many plot lines. Because of the show's tremendous popularity, however, the writers/producers could not put all their cards on the table quite yet. Despite clearing up many questions surrounding the Syndicate's involvement with the alien colonists (more specifically, how colonization will occur), this movie did not, by any means, provide ALL the answers, and was heavily criticized (even in these reviews) for it. In fact, just as many loose ends were brought up as were tied off.So, why does this movie still get a five-star rating from me? Because, despite its false- advertising, the movie still contains every aspect that made previous seasons of the X-Files so great: thrilling action, mind-bending plots, and witty, sardonic humor. Plus, as fans found out in the next two seasons, the X-Files still had many more great stories to tell. Ending the series with this movie would have cheated its loyal fans out of some more great drama. Though I will admit that the show drastically changed when it returned after the movie, many viewers (including myself) find the later seasons to be just as thrilling as the earlier fare.Overall, this is a great movie for any fan of science-fiction. As unbelievable as this may sound, this movie was the first X-Files fare of any kind I ever saw (imagine my confusion!), yet it still hooked me enough to become an avid follower, proving that you don't have to be an uber-fan to appreciate this film.

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.

Probably one one the most hyped and advertised movies this years. I will also say anticipated but that is getting way to clichéd, and I am here to be critical rather than a form of free advertising. Anyway, this movie has been described as a very good X-files episode. My opinion is that it wraps up the four seasons of the X-files. The mystery has been revealed and we know what is going on. It is a decent movie on its own, but it fills in a lot of gaps that have been left open in many of the important episodes. It continues on from episodes such as Tunguska and explains the real intention of the aliens. In some cases we wonder if Chris Carter had a plan in mind as he put the episodes together (such as John Michael Strazinsky with Babylon 5) but it seems that with this movie, there was an idea that was tying all, or a lot, of the episodes together.The problem with such a movie is knowing what to give out. The advertisements talk of a bomb going off in Dallas which covers up a number of dead bodies which were pulled out of the ground, one of them being a rednecked kid. What we do have is an alien that was lying dormant in the ground for millions of years and it was unearthed by some rednecked kids on the outskirts of a Texan city. Within minutes FEMA is there covering it up and the smoking man is running the show.That is an interesting thing about the smoking man. He is not as powerful as we expect him to be. On one hand he seems to be the guy that is behind everything but there is a secret organisation that are pulling his strings. The smoking man is really an operative that has more powers than the President of the United States. In fact he has the authority to assassinate the president if the president looks like he is going to undermine their plans, and the plans are broad reaching.I don't want to give too much away because the whole point of the movie is the mystery. Once the mystery has been revealed then there is nothing of interest left. I watched the X-files for the big mystery and was a little board with the episodes that did not raise more questions about what was really going on. We know that there are aliens around and we know that Mulder's father was involved in it. We also know that there have been medical experiments on many people and recently we found out that people were being exterminated because of these experiments. Most importantly the Black Cancer that is the major focus of Tunguska, is heavily involved.The X-files continues the theme of the distrust of the government and the hatred of the central authority. In these episodes it has always been the government that has been attacked for its secrets and conspiracies. There is the running idea that the government is not to be trusted and the truth is being hidden from us. We are living a life that is terminally destructive and the government knows why. Others claim that humanity is too flawed for a government to be so powerful. A statement "they are men that don't make mistakes" is quoted but everybody makes mistakes. The truer statement is "one is the loneliest number" and that, to me, is the truth.