Q: What’s the movie about?
A: Mulder and Scully (David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson) are called back to duty by the FBI when a former priest claims to be receiving psychic visions pertaining to a kidnapped agent.
Q: Who’s in the movie?
A: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Amanda Peet, Billy Connolly, Alvin "Xzibit" Joiner, Mitch Pileggi
Q: Is this movie worth the price of admission?
A:
Stop! If you liked the series, revisit your favorite episode on DVD. If you didn’t like the series, this will not make you want to believe.Q: Will this movie make me laugh?
A: No. There is a George Bush joke in there, but even that isn’t funny. And he's the easiest target since Michael Jackson.
Q: Will this movie make me cry?
A: If you liked the series, you will cry about how badly they wasted their opportunity to grow the franchise. After this bomb, you can file Mulder and Scully in a place more remote than the X-Files. They will not return. Believe that.
Q: Will this movie be up for any awards?
A: If this wins anything, then I'll believe that aliens exist!
Q: How is the Acting?
A: During the extended hiatus, Gillian Anderson seems to have forgotten who Scully was... David Duchovny is passable, but all that mumbling through his beard for the first third of the movie doesn’t help his cause.
Q: How is the Directing?
A: Chris Carter promised that this movie would scare the daylights out of me... It did. I was scared that he thought this was any good. No wonder they kept everything ultra secret. They didn’t want the secret to get out that it stank!
Q: How is the story/script?
A: In Gillian Anderson's defense, maybe she phoned in her performance because she wasn’t given anything worthwhile to say. The story is boring and the script even more so. This would not even rate in the upper half of X-Files TV episodes.
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1 comment:
First of all, the plot of this sequel is very simplistic. It splits to two different stories, one about an ill child and Scully trying to save his life and the second one about the investigation. The first story is very schematic and directed in a style of cheap medical TV shows. Offers nothing more than some old, worn-out clichés. The second story, about the kidnapped FBI agent, is much better, but still average.
Even it has some nice tweaks and seeing Mulder&Scully again is a pleasure. But it is not as good movie as I hoped it will be.
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