Wonderfully offbeat film!

Overrated and overhyped

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

After the closing of the X-Files, agents Mulder and Scully are reassigned to normal FBI business. After a missed bomb defusing which resulted in a destroyed building and a couple of deaths, they are accused of the tragedy and are soon to be separated, but thanks to some tips from an old friend, what they're about to find out is a global scale conspiracy which is to be kept secret at any costs.It's a movie which reminds me of the series with the same name, with the difference that the case being investigated involves a much deeper mystery and conspiracy than a normal episode. The two main characters are well put in place, described and played, making it a very good movie of the genre. The story is complex with deep roots while the two characters "fight" on multiple plans with what they slowly uncover. It manages to keep you glued to the screen until the end, maintaining and even building up suspense along the way.It's a movie which kept the recipe from the series and improved upon it, thanks to a higher length which allowed a much better story-line and character development. It ended up as a very good movie overall for newcomers and fans alike.

This first film, when the series was at its highest point of prestige and ascent, is only some kind of variation on the themes of the series itself. Nothing new under the sun, or the full moon as for that. It got some inspiration from some Predator, Aliens or Terminator films of some kind with a super flying saucer buried deep in Antarctica and collecting abducted human beings and keeping them frozen to transport them eventually into space.Of course Scully is abducted in such a program and finds herself frozen for transportation in this flying saucer. But Mulder will save the plot by entering the flying saucer through some backdoor, showing by the way how minimal security is for these extraterrestrials. The film is not that great about the theme. It uses a lot of clichés that had had plenty of time to settle in five years of the series, including the famous nameless cigarette chain smoker. But this film has the main defect of a TV series turned cinema. A TV series has to be cut up in short section of 6 and a half minutes for advertising, and it is shorter than a film since it lasts less than an hour, often not more than 45 minutes. In the film they more or less respect that format though they make the sequences slightly longer and that makes the film slow altogether and slowness is a defect for an action film. So it is some easy entertaining but nothing thrilling.Dr Jacques COULARDEAU

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.

In 35,000 BC northern Texas, two men enter an ice cave to find shelter. They battle a mysterious creature. A black substance oozes from the creature and infects one of the men. In the present day, a boy falls into the cave and is infected by the black ooze. Firefighters climb in and are also attacked. One week later, the FBI is checking on a bomb threat in Dallas. Special Agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) go to the building across the street on a hunch. They find the bomb and barely escape. The pair is made the scapegoats. Alvin Kurtzweil (Martin Landau) tells Fox that FEMA has a secret isolation ward in the building. The boy and the firefighters are found in the rubble presumed to be killed by the blast.Mulder and Scully's banter is back almost immediately. Everything that is beloved about the show is present in this movie. They are the outsiders. There is a conspiracy. There is something creepy. This is what true fans of the show love. For non-fans, this can be a bit of a climb to understand everything.