The movie, directed by Chris Carter opened today July 25, 2008.We get caught up with Mulder & Scully several years after the X-Files has been disbanded. Scully is working as a doctor at a Catholic hospital and Mulder is down in the dumps away from society, caverned in a room.
Mulder is summoned to help in an FBI serial-murder case in which a pedophile priest (played very nicely by lovable Billy Connolly) is having visions that are helping the case.
Needless to say, much is made about the 'I want to believe' tagline by all. It's banged into our heads, over and over again.
Unfortunately, the best parts of the TV-series are not put into use in this movie. The economical and tight storytelling is thrown out the window to a meandering and thinly connected plot. All of the sexual tension between Mulder and Scully is let out, as we see the two of them in bed with horribly written pillow talk. The action is boring and predictable with unintelligible editing and cheesy attempts at humor.
The plot contains more horror elements and murderers (Callum Keith Rennie is completely wasted with a horrible Russian accent) than wide-scale government conspiracies and alien contact, which were the stories that made the series so intriguing.
The writing seems to have several nods for the rabid fanbase by including so many weird references and bringing in characters that are not relevant to the narrative. By trying to appease their fans (myself included) the filmmakers have made a film that no true X-Phile could enjoy. A massive disappointment.
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