Mihai Toma 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.

n-mo 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.

ElessarAndurilS After being an x-Files fan for years (not fanatical, but love Sci-Fi and it was the best going on TV at the time) I watched the movie for the first time 20 years after it came out. Now I understand why I lost interest in the show starting in season 6, I missed the episode between season's 5 and 6 which is the movie. While having read and heard this a lot, I always took it with a grain of salt and thought like all oversimplifications there was more to it.Well 20 years later and having watched the movie now in proper sequence with the show on Netflix it truly is just a high budget, big screen episode filling in the story between seasons 5 and 6. Good episode, higher budget effects and filled in some blanks that made me lose interest in the show in season 6 that is making me enjoy the later seasons much more that sums up what the movie is other than it actually shows us the aliens and explains how the cover up fits into the conspiracy and why it is critical that they make progress both from the good guys perspective and the conspirators. Aliens are invading and while being kept secret in a dark and nasty way, still a major problem needing addressed. While I would like to know how a near dead Scully and exhausted Mulder get from the south pole back home at the end of the movie, not knowing how they get rescued is one of the many missing facts that don't make a difference.So now I know, think the movie was good, but it was a high budget episode that filled in some important facts I didn't know since I've been busy having a life. Now that I have grand kids and streaming has brought the opportunity I've now been able to fill in some gaps in an old favorite show and enjoy it a little more the second time around.

TheBlueHairedLawyer I love the X - Files show, it as some of my favorite actors who were also in shows like Supernatural and Cold Case. The movie is just as good, an exciting addition to the TV show but still understandable for people who haven't yet seen the TV show.Basically, F.B.I. agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully end up caught in a plot of alien colonization, although the X - Files cases have been closed seemingly for good. This alien plan goes all the way to the mysterious Cigarette Smoking Man who has, let's just say, not very nice intentions.It was great to see this movie, the characters were just as good in this as they were in the television show. Canadian actor William B. Davis was excellent as the Cigarette Smoking Man (that character was like my idol as a kid) and the plot is suspenseful. When Mulder gets shot it seems like all hope is lost. The soundtrack was great, this was one of the better 1990's movie tie-ins.