The X Files: Fight the Future Movie Review

Starring: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, John Neville, William B. Davis, Martin Landau, Mitch Pileggi

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"After 5 years of investigating paranormal incidents, the X-Files has been closed down by the government and special agents Mulder and Scully reassigned to more mundane work with the FBI's bomb detail. When a bomb destroys a federal building in Dallas, Mulder becomes obsessed by what really killed 4 firemen and a boy who supposedly died in the blast. The investigation inevitably leads to alien activity on Earth and a secret international cabal of powerful men trying to protect a huge secret (which relates to something buried in a Texas cave 37,000 years ago, a deadly virus that could destroy all life on the planet, and the climactic discovery of a massive installation beneath the surface of the Antarctic continent). The hit TV series was brought to the big screen in 1998 with a production that's bigger, louder, more sumptuous and complex, but not much better than a good episode of the series. Some regulars like Scully and the Cigarette-Smoking Man don't appear much (she's out of action for a good chunk of the story while Mulder tracks her down). There are some interesting cameos such as Blythe Danner, Armin Mueller-Stahl, and Glenne Headly as an uncredited barmaid."
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Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 60%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 10%

**Fantasy or Science Fiction?** - science fiction story
Technology/$$$$/Info hunt Yes
Stealing/recovering/destroying - Info about lifeform(s)/phenomena
Invasion from human defender POV? - subtle invasion (body snatching, mind control, look-alikes)
War and Invasion Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - government investigator
Age: - 20's-30's
Eccentric: Yes - obsessed
Hair color? - brunette (Brown)
Hair type - (man) short/medium straight
Body type - average (man)
Events of movie makes character more... - sad
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor? - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Female
Hair color - red
Hair style - (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavy
Body type - ample chest & buttocks (female)
How much in movie? - 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization
Profession/status: - govt employee

Setting
Earth setting: - 20th century (1970's to Present)
Takes place on Earth? Yes
Ice world? Yes
Big cities? Yes

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Tone of movie - fearful
Kinds of F/X - Things that change shape/morph - exploding bombs - exotic aliens - nasty human transformations
Is this movie based on a - TV show

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