Movie Information
Overall Rank: 10810
Average Rating: 2.3/4
# of Ratings: 108
Theatrical Release Date: 07/25/2008
Blu-ray/DVD Release Date: 12/02/2008
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Chris Carter
Actors: Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny, Mitch Pileggi, Spencer Maybee, Billy Connolly, Amanda Peet
Plot: Based on the 90's TV series. This movie is sent back to the roots of the
characters with Mulder and Scully teaming up once again in their quest for
the truth. The second film delves deeper into what may have started it
all and maybe why it ended.
Quick Movie Reviews
Rating of
2.5/4
kustaa - wrote on 01/08/2009
Nice long X file episode. Nothing more, nothing less. Nice to see them back, but, I thought would add something to the mythology. Low rating because lack of that. As a movie its average. Only for X Files hardcore fans.
Rating of
2.5/4
Josh C - wrote on 12/12/2008
I love X-files and although I wasn't expecting much I was hoping for something more supernatural. Instead they pulled out a sci-fi/thriller that didn't have any unresolved mysteries in it. Sure there was a psychic, but that is not X-files worthy. I was hoping for more than a mad scientist plot. However, I realize that much of my disappointment was due to the fact I wanted and X-files movie like the episodes or like the first one. As a regular movie was pretty good and I enjoyed it. I liked seeing Mulder and Scully back in action, even though Scully was boring. I was surprised that Mulder sister is still talked about, I thought that plot was beat to death and was hoping at least in the movie it would be done.
Rating of
3/4
Porkchop Express - wrote on 08/07/2008
I enjoyed this movie a lot maybe even more than the first. I was glad that it was not alien themed and more along the lines of the "oddity" type x-files. Although I would probably get the same out of watching it on my couch I really enjoyed this! Now they just need to bring the series back!
Full Movie Reviews
Rating of
2.5/4
I Want to Forget this Film Exists
SIngli6 - wrote on 03/30/2016
This (literally!) colourless sequel to both the hit Fox TV show and the enjoyable first movie manages to defy your expectations by being comparably underwhelming in every single sense to its predecessor. The average season finale of the original show had more spectacle and awe than this movie, and that was in the days when television programs were only just starting to have real money being funneled into them. It is utterly absurd that the writers of this film decided to ignore the great cliffhanger of the series finale (where AN ALIEN INVASION WAS PROMISED) and gave us instead some third-rate Monster-of-the-Week story about a pair of gay serial killers (though one of them is supposed to be transgender... I think) who have read a bit too much Mary Shelley. That's it? Duchovny and …
Rating of
2/4
"The X-Files: I Want To Believe" by Yojimbo
Yojimbo - wrote on 02/12/2012
The FBI bury the hatchet with Mulder when they need his help investigating the kidnap of a federal agent. Being a bit of a long term X phile I was quite looking forward to catching up with my favourite paranormal investigators again, especially since they decided to dispense with the frustratingly over convoluted alien abduction storyline. I have to admit to a slight tingle when I heard that theme tune again and smiled at the sly references to the show when Scully and Mulder appear on the screen together again for the first time. All the best episodes of the show were usually the off-beat stand alone episodes that were done with witty irony and a sense of humour, but the plot to I Want To Believe unfortunately goes down the overly familiar serial killer road and aside from the macabre …
Rating of
1.5/4
I Wanted To Believe...
ZJW - wrote on 05/17/2009
The X-Files: I Want To Believe is the long awaited follow-up to the hit television series. It would appear the six-year gap did this film in from a financial standpoint as it tanked at the box office. Of course, it could also be that the film wasn’t very good. Either way, this film didn't draw many to the theater and those it did were certainly left disappointed.
Mulder, last seen being pursued by the government with rocket-launcher equipped helicopters, has apparently been collecting news clippings and growing a beard during his time away from the office. Scully has been working as a medical doctor and a lot of the film focuses on her internal struggle between faith and the treatment of patient. This storyline however isn’t very engaging, much like Scully based episodes of the …
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Alex - wrote on 2009-01-04 21:55
The series is a lot better than the movie in my opinion.  I sometimes wonder what it would have been like if they would have made just the movie - how would they have put it together.  It could have been really good.Anyway, the movie is good.  X-Files was a good series but terrible movies.
movieMagic - wrote on 2009-01-04 19:29
I agree.  It is a good series and a great movie.
Nick - wrote on 2009-01-03 01:27
Serenity was based on the tv series Firefly and was awesome.Serenity
Northeast Kid - wrote on 2008-12-31 09:35
I don't think I will waste my 4 bucks on even renting this flick.  Skully and Moulder are just trying to gain a buck!  When was the last time a TV show made a good movie?
