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The X-Files - Fight the Future (Widescreen Edition)

starring: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, John Neville, William B. Davis, Martin Landau
directed by: Rob Bowman

: The X-Files - Fight the Future (Widescreen Edition)
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0024543010944
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 23, 2001
Running Time: 122 minutes
Sales Rank: 4429
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: June 19, 1998



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Description:
Thirty-seven thousand years ago, a deadly secret was buried in a cave in Texas. Now the secret has been unleashed. And it's discovery may mean the end of all humanity.

'The plague to end all plagues'

When a terrorist bomb destroys a building in Dallas, Texas, FBI Agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) are drawn into a dangerous conspiracy surpassing anything they've ever encountered. With the dubious assistance of a paranoid doctor (Academy Award -winner Martin Landau). Mulder and Scully risk their careers and their lives to hunt down a deadly virus which may be extraterrestrial in origin - and could destroy all life on earth. Their pursuit of truth pits them against the mysterious Syndicate, powerful men who will stop at nothing to keep their secrets safe, leading the agents from the cave in Texas, to the halls of the FBI, and finally to a secret installation in Antarctica which holds the greatest secret of all.

Amazon.com:
The definitive American television series of the '90s comes to the big screen with an anticlimactic whimper. And how could it be otherwise? Why should material so perfectly realized in one medium necessarily translate well into another? The series is crisply and thoughtfully executed in just about every detail, but the heart of its appeal lies in the elegant handling of complicated and evolving ongoing story lines, which is not something movies are especially good at. The big-screen drive for closure cramps the creative style, though it may also help nonfans get a grip on the proceedings. We do get some invigorating thrills and chills, however, and a more satisfying sense of the scale of an all-enveloping human-alien conspiracy than ever before, but there's no more plot development here than in an average two-part season-ending. FBI black sheep Mulder and Scully have been temporarily transferred from the X-Files project to an anti-terrorist unit to investigate an Oklahoma City-style bombing. They uncover a new wrinkle in the Syndicate/Cancer Man conspiracy--basically an attempt to help one bunch of (benign?) aliens fight off another bunch who want to colonize Earth. A spectacular, ice-bound finale thrillingly staged by series-veteran director Rob Bowman offers Mulder (but not a conveniently unconscious Scully) his first clear look at a You Know What, which in some quarters qualifies as an epochal event. Martin Landau offers the agents some crucial clues, and several familiar TV faces (including the Lone Gunmen and Mitch Pileggi's indispensable Assistant Director Skinner) turn up briefly to wink knowingly at faithful fans. --David Chute



Customer Reviews
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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Good movie
My family has recently become huge fans of the X-files TV show (thanks to reruns on the Sci Fi channel), ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Well-made and involved
The story here is very involved, but it never gets too hard to follow. There's a lot here that comes from ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - The Crucial Decision
For nearly all successful television dramas, there comes the conflict of when the show should end. For most ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - The series should have ended with this movie
Aliens, viruses, secret government entities, genetic engineering, assasinations and the rest of the staples of ... Read More


Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - Why A Decade Later I Still Have Rancor Toward This Film
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