The X-Files
The X-Files: I Want to Believe (Single-Disc Edition)
From 20th Century Fox
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #323 in DVD
- Brand: Twentieth Century Fox
- Released on: 2008-12-02
- Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
- Aspect ratio: 2.40:1
- Formats: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
- Original language: English
- Subtitled in: English, Spanish
- Dubbed in: French, Spanish
- Number of discs: 1
- Running time: 104 minutes
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
The feature film The X-Files: I Want to Believe is a satisfying if unspectacular installment in the X-Files series, taking place an unspecified time after the show's nine-year television run. Former agent Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) is now a doctor, while Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) is being hunted by his former agency and living in seclusion. He and Scully are summoned back by a case involving a missing agent and a former priest (Billy Connolly) who claims to be able to see clues to the agent's whereabouts psychically, though his initial search turns up only a severed limb. Don't expect the usual cast of characters; the FBI has completely turned over (except for the George W. Bush portrait), and the only reason Scully and Mulder are back is because agent Dakota Whitney (Amanda Peet) remembers his success on similar cases involving the unexplainable. Don't expect the same rogues' gallery either; unlike the previous X-Files feature film, which was inextricably linked to the series' convoluted mythology arc (and served as a bridge between the fifth and sixth seasons), I Want to Believe is a stand-alone piece that makes use of the series' roots in horror/sci-fi and moody Vancouver, B.C., locales. Also unlike the previous film, which was almost self-consciously shot for the big screen, this film is on a smaller scale, like a double-length episode of the series. But it's still a good reminder of the creepy vibe that hooked fans for years. And the relationship between Mulder and Scully? It seems to have resumed pretty much where it left off, at least when you take into account the long period of separation. But stick around for the end-credit sequence to take in all the possibilities for the future. --David Horiuchi
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Customer Reviews
Good BD AWEFUL!, AWEFUL! Movie.
Simply the worst try for an X-files EVER. This movie should not have been made, the script should not have been considered, and the idea should have been forgotten! Nothing makes this an X-files at all, no government conspiracy, no paranormal activity, no aliens, and NO PLOT!!!
AVOIN THIS AT ALL COSTS, IT SUCKS!!!
Good movie
After having watched this I feel that it was very well done. It is a stand alone story that included Mulder, Scully and Skinner (to an extent). I was most grateful that it did not deal with the "mythos" of the series. Sure some things were brought up and besides you really can not do something like this and not reflect on the past (if only for a brief second or two here and there). For the DVD I got more than I could have asked for. The gag real was actually pretty lengthy for something that is usally shorter in other movies.
Boring!
I was a big X-Files fan back when it was on TV. That is, until it got to be a show obsessed with conspiracy theories to the exclusion of the more interesting episodes about lake monsters, chupacabras, sewer-dwelling monsters, etc.
Thus, I was hopeful when it appeared that this movie was focused on something other than flying saucers. Alas, my hope was in vain. This movie was incredibly boring, too gruesome at parts, and ultimately pointless. I can't believe Duchovny and Anderson would even come back for a story like this. They must be running low on cash. Don't waste your time or money on this movie. This isn't the X-Files you remember or want.
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