The X-Files

THE X-FILES MOVIE (aka X-FILES: FIGHT THE FUTURE) (12)
D: Rob Bowman
20th Century Fox/Ten Thirteen (Chris Carter & Daniel Sackheim)
US 1998
120 mins
 
Science Fiction
 
W: Chris Carter [based on characters from the TV series]
DP: Ward Russell
Ed: Stephen Mark
Mus: Mark Snow
 
David Duchovny (Fox Mulder), Gillian Anderson (Dana Scully), Martin Landau (Alvin Kurtzwell), Armin Mueller-Stahl (Conrad Strughold), Blythe Danner (Jana Cassidy)
 
Big screen version of the TV series with a plodding story which wouldn't have even been good enough for the original series.
FBI agents Mulder & Scully go through the motions as they solve an alien conspiracy responsible for a bomb blast, but it's ridiculously forgettable on its own merits.
It may appeal more to die hard fans of the TV show, but it certainly isn't a good advertisement for it.
4/10

David Duchovny & Gillian Anderson in The X-Files Movie
David Duchovny & Gillian Anderson in The X-Files Movie