X-Files Review

I think it was Roper who made the comment, "X-Files: I Want to Believe plays out the way thrillers used to, back when audiences had to think and the villain wasn't larger than life." I am writing this for two ladies who asked me how it was, let me tell you. I have watched every episode of the X-Files at least three times, I own eight seasons of the television show and still consider it one of my favorite shows.

About twenty minutes in I realized how old Dacovhony and Anderson looked, then I realized, its been about sixteen years since the show started. These are characters we have watched in one form or another for sixteen years. Video games, books, two feature films, one spin-off show later, the chemistry is still there for the characters. This movie is all about characters. There are questions of self worth, of faith, or the world in general and of love all rolled up in this two hour movie.

Of course there are testaments to the fans of the show all over the place, some of the old cases are mentioned briefly, some old characters pop up. But this movie truly was made to stand alone. More than that it was made to make the audience think. Don't go in expecting shooting and gun fights and car chases, this isn't even on the scale of the first X-flies movie which was great...if you watched the show.

Think of this as a large scale piece of what the show represented. Think of this as what the X-Files used to be. A show that made us question coincidence. A show about characters searching. To be truthful the characters in the movie, besides looking older, resemble Mulder and Scully from the beginning of the show more than they do the Mulder and Scully from the end. Yet the writers didn't forget all that they've been through. They didn't over look the fact that Mulder is wanted at the end of show on charges of treason, espionage, perjury and other heinous and trumped up charges. They didn't forget how the FBI offices in the old show looked or the fact that Mulder and Scully had a son, who would be about seven by now.

But for the most part, they've reintroduced the characters. They push all of the info that's needed into the movie and go from there. Even if you've never seen an episode of the show, you can enjoy this as long as you're willing to think and to well...dare I say Believe.