THE PLOT:
After a ten year break, Mulder and Skully are back to investigate the abduction of FBI agents and a self castrated paedophile who can magically see visions, including where the agents are.
MY OPINION:
I grew up with the X Files, and must have watched nearly every episode. A ... Read review
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The X-Files: I Want To Believe and over three and a half hours of special features, along with a downloadable digital copy disc!Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny re-team to unravel a bizarre case right out of The X-Files. Amidst an eerily deceptive calm, FBI agent Monica Bannan is abducted. Not only does the search for the missing woman ignite sparks between partners Scully (Anderson) and Mulder (Duchovny), it defies the boundaries of science, the supernatural and the terrifying spaces in between!
Production Year: 2007 - Science Fiction - Director: Francis Lawrence - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Alice Braga, Charlie Tahan, Dash Mihok, Will Smith, Salli Richardson, Willow Smith
THE PLOT:
After a ten year break, Mulder and Skully are back to investigate the abduction of FBI agents and a self castrated paedophile who can magically see visions, including where the agents are.
MY OPINION:
I grew up with the X Files, and must have watched nearly every episode. A year or so ago, I rewatched a few, and realised they weren't as good as I thought. However, I was still delighted to see Mulder and Skully ... ...now looked like more than anything!
The movie is, sadly, not very good. There's nothing original or interesting in the storyline, and the acting is one dimensional like back in the old days - Mulder is the montone man who shows no emotion, and Skully is pretty much the same. There's a love story between the two which is what we'd always wanted, but it seems forced and unreal.
THE PLOT: After a ten year break, Mulder and Skully are back to investigate the abduction of FBI agents and a self castrated paedophile who can magically see visions, including where the agents are.
MY OPINION: I grew up with the X Files, and must have watched nearly every episode. A year or so ago, I rewatched a few, and realised they weren't as good as I thought. However, I was still delighted to see Mulder and Skully back in the mix, and intrigued to see what they now looked like more than anything!
The movie is, sadly, not very good. There's nothing original or interesting in the storyline, and the acting is one dimensional like back in the old days - Mulder is the montone man who shows no emotion, and Skully is pretty much the same. There's a love story between the two which is what we'd always wanted, but it seems forced and unreal.
Billy Connolly takes a lead role as the psychic paedophile, and I just can't take him seriously as an actor after spending so many years watching his stand up comedy.
The ending is bizarre and completely unrealistic too! It's 104 minutes long, and seems to end quite prematurely - perhaps the writers were out of ideas on where to go next.
In conclusion, hardcore fans will find nothing new here, and anyone coming to the film without X Files knowledge will find it lacking too. It seems that the X Files crew were lured in by the 'cash for remakes' trend that Rambo, Rocky, Indiana Jones and others have gotten into, but like the worst of those, it has nothing to offer other than what it was doing before, and the rest of us have moved on; if you're going to bring back a classic, it needs to have something new to it (like the new Rambo) else we may as well just re-watch the oldies!
Advantages: The return of Mulder and Scully Disadvantages: Script and direction could have been better
When an FBI agent vanishes from her home the only connection the FBI have to finding her is a convicted paedophile priest. Doubting his ability they call upon one man with a history in this type of case, Fox Mulder (David Duchovny). He's been in hiding for the last 8 years avoiding false charges brought by his old FBI bosses to discredit his work. They ask for his help and agree to drop all of the charges as Mulder and former work, now cohabiter Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) are reunited to work for the FBI once again.
I'd always been a big fan of the XFiles throughout the 90's until it came to an end in 2002. I'd even enjoyed the first movie and so when this return to the big screen was announced last year have to admit to have been looking forward t it. It's taken me until now to see it and given the reviews I've read over ...
Advantages: Enjoyable thriller (without the X-Files element), Duchovny and Anderson's acting Disadvantages: Wasn't really a traditional X-Files style production
with their search into one of their own who has gone missing. Mysterious and curious circumstances lead them to bring in Mulder to help them, and he agrees to do so, but only with Scully tagging along as well. As the search goes deeper, we are allowed glimpses of what might have befallen the agent, as well as the explanations for the disappearance of other people. It's gruesome, and at times cringeworthy, especially towards the end, but beyond that, I'll say nothing for fear of spoiling the plot for you.
If you are a hardened X-Files fan, I can only imagine that disappointment will be foremost for you. My wife and I watched it tonight, and we both agreed that, as X-Files fans, we really weren't impressed. In all honesty, I was expecting something more akin to the government conspiracy theories involving aliens that Carter usually gives us ...
Advantages: More accessible for the non-xfile fan, waste 2 hours easily, good sountrack,good to see the duo ag Disadvantages: very incoherent plot, plot maks no sense,
INTRODUCTION
This film is based on one of the most popular TV shows ever produced back in the 90's- 'the X-files'. The TV show ran from 1993 to 2002; it probed into mainly conspiracy theories involving the government and the existence of extra-terrestrial life and the occasional 'monster' stories which I enjoyed greatly.
It is the second film to be created in based on the franchise itself; its predecessor was crudely put together to create something of a film that was released to the cinemas in 1998. This film was released worldwide in 2008; directed by Chris Carter (he did all the directing in the TV series too) and he uses the same style that has been successful in his TV series; not straying too far from his experiences.
The duo; Duchovny and Anderson reunite once again, brushed the dust off their roles after a 6 years ...
For the devoted viewers of THE X-FILES, there can be few things more exciting than hearing the familiar notes of Mark Snow's theme song at the beginning of THE X-FILES - I WANT TO BELIEVE. This cinematic follow-up to the series picks up years after it ended, but the characters are still the same ones that audiences loved. Fans that followed the show religiously won't be surprised to learn that Mulder (David Duchovny) is currently living in hiding, still researching the paranormal while he grows a shaggy beard. Meanwhile, Scully (Gillian Anderson) is working as a doctor at a Catholic hospital. When an F.B.I. agent goes missing, the bureau calls on the pair to return to their old work. The paranormal element of their case is found in Father Joe (Billy Connolly), a former priest who is having psychic visions and leading the team from the F.B.I. to evidence to help them solve their case. Mulder and Scully return to their roles of believer and sceptic as they join in the search.
Release details
DVD Region
DVD
Studio(s)
BOULEVARD ENTERTAIMENT; D3 DIRECT
Languages
Main Language
English
Technical information
Aspect Ratio
16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Sound
Dolby Digital
DVD Description
For the devoted viewers of THE X-FILES, there can be few things more exciting than hearing the familiar notes of Mark Snow's theme song at the beginning of THE X-FILES - I WANT TO BELIEVE. This cinematic follow-up to the series picks up years after it ended, but the characters are still the same ones that audiences loved. Fans that followed the show religiously won't be surprised to learn that Mulder (David Duchovny) is currently living in hiding, still researching the paranormal while he grows a shaggy beard. Meanwhile, Scully (Gillian Anderson) is working as a doctor at a Catholic hospital. When an F.B.I. agent goes missing, the bureau calls on the pair to return to their old work. The paranormal element of their case is found in Father Joe (Billy Connolly), a former priest who is having psychic visions and leading the team from the F.B.I. to evidence to help them solve their case. Mulder and Scully return to their roles of believer and sceptic as they join in the search. Just as in the show, I WANT TO BELIEVE is a genre-bender that combines science fiction, horror, and thriller. In fact, the film seems like a two-part episode of the show--and that's meant as a compliment. Though made six years after the series' finale (and 10 since the first cinematic incarnation), the show's central elements are intact, especially the interaction between Mulder and Scully. For those who weren't fans of the show, I WANT TO BELIEVE offers chills similar to THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS and THE BONE COLLECTOR--but minus the gore. The show was always more about the unseen horrors, and the film works well as it follows its predecessor's lead.
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