The X-Files (aka Fight the Future) |  | Director: Rob Bowman
Actors: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, John Neville, William B. Davis, Martin Landau
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
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Sales Rank: 24842
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Letterboxed, THX, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 121 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: FOXD4110394D
UPC: 861621039400
EAN: 0086162103940
ASIN: B00000ID1X
Theatrical Release Date: June 19, 1998
Release Date: May 4, 1999
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Product Description
When a terrorist bomb destroys a building in dallas texas fbi agents fox moulder and dana scully are drawn into a dangerous conspiracy surpassing anything theyve ever encountered. With the dubious assistance of a paranoid doctor mulder and scully risk their lives to hunt down a deadly virus. Studio: Ingram Entertainment Release Date: 12/28/1999 Starring: David Duchovny Gilliam Anderson Run time: 122 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Rob Bowman
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The definitive American television series of the '90s comes to the big screen with an anticlimactic whimper. And how could it be otherwise? Why should material so perfectly realized in one medium necessarily translate well into another? The series is crisply and thoughtfully executed in just about every detail, but the heart of its appeal lies in the elegant handling of complicated and evolving ongoing story lines, which is not something movies are especially good at. The big-screen drive for closure cramps the creative style, though it may also help nonfans get a grip on the proceedings. We do get some invigorating thrills and chills, however, and a more satisfying sense of the scale of an all-enveloping human-alien conspiracy than ever before, but there's no more plot development here than in an average two-part season-ending. FBI black sheep Mulder and Scully have been temporarily transferred from the X-Files project to an anti-terrorist unit to investigate an Oklahoma City-style bombing. They uncover a new wrinkle in the Syndicate/Cancer Man conspiracy--basically an attempt to help one bunch of (benign?) aliens fight off another bunch who want to colonize Earth. A spectacular, ice-bound finale thrillingly staged by series-veteran director Rob Bowman offers Mulder (but not a conveniently unconscious Scully) his first clear look at a You Know What, which in some quarters qualifies as an epochal event. Martin Landau offers the agents some crucial clues, and several familiar TV faces (including the Lone Gunmen and Mitch Pileggi's indispensable Assistant Director Skinner) turn up briefly to wink knowingly at faithful fans. --David Chute
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 From when the TV show was a hit March 3, 2010
Joseph J. Slevin (Carlsbad, CA United States)
Just watched this one again since I am intending on viewing the newer X Files movie on DVD this evening. Well, for anyone who ever wanted to get caught up on and with the X Files, Fight the Future is really a great flick. I think they did a great job getting this to the big screen. The acting was typical X Files so for the fan, you would not be dissappointed and for the newby you would really understand the characters being in character.
Additionally, this movie takes you all around the world, you basically visit four continents, Africa, Europe, North America and the South Pole. Great FX support a great story line. Of course, you wonder what conspiracy theories and theorists Chris Carter, the creator of XFiles, reads or is aware of. But, really, thinking that ETs are coming to take over earth and there are men who are working with them to minimize any damage to the human race. Who is this cabal of men, secretive from all over the world?
The extras in this DVD are also excellent. You really get a sense of Mulder sliding down the insides of the alien ship and actually, the stunt itself was really amazing. I look forward to the next installment of XFiles.
 The action and tension are stronger than the logical flaws February 18, 2010
Charles Ashbacher (Marion, Iowa United States(cashbacher@yahoo.com))
While the story has a great deal of exciting action and suspense, there are some serious logical holes that severely challenge your ability to suspend your disbelief. Furthermore, in true X-files tradition while some of the uncertainties in the series are resolved, many others are interjected, clearly laying the groundwork for a sequel.
It all begins with a boy in Texas falling into a natural hole in the ground. He is initially uninjured, finding a skull and then being exposed to a deadly and ancient virus extraterrestrial in origin. When the firefighters respond and try to rescue him, they too are infected and the mysterious federal agents are brought in. The bodies are transported to a federal building and Scully and Mulder enter when there is a bomb threat at that location. Mulder discovers the bomb but is puzzled when he is ordered to leave the building by the bomb disposal expert. The viewer is baffled when the "expert" simply sits there until the bomb explodes.
The virus infects humans and causes a violent alien to grow inside their body, much like the movies in the "Alien(s)" series. It is part of a plan by aliens to colonize the Earth and the mysterious Syndicate with the cigarette-smoking man is involved. This group will kill anyone, including a member of their group, in order to keep their secret safe. This points out the greatest logical flaw of the series and this movie. If the members of the mysterious Syndicate were willing to blow up public buildings in a major city and kill one of their own, why would they ever hesitate to kill Mulder?
Other flaws include the power of the vaccine to destroy the entire facility in Antarctica, the mysterious space ship that rises from the ice and how Scully and Mulder manage to survive when marooned in Antarctica with little in the way of winter clothing and no food, water or means of shelter. Had there been more resolution of these flaws, the movie would have been stronger.
Nevertheless, the tension and action are strong enough to overcome most of the power of the flaws, making this a movie that you can enjoy as long as you don't think too hard about the weaknesses.
X files January 26, 2010
R. Vaughn (Ga, USA)
My wife is a huge fan of the show so I got her this as a gift she loved it and said it fit in well with the series.
 Worst disc ever December 14, 2009
yojimbo (Lockport, IL USA)
2 out of 7 found this review helpful
My review does not apply to the film itself. The movie I like but the Blu-ray release is the worst Blu-ray/dvd I have ever purchased or tried to watch. The disc is rife with errors and the loading time is aggrivating. The one saving grace to this Blu-ray disc was the sound, which until toward the end of the film, was outstanding. At the end of the film the sound became distorted.
The retail price on Fight the Future is only $16.99. I'm beginning to wonder if there is a reason for such a low price. I think this Blu-ray was produced on the cheap. A shame since the film itself is pretty cool.
X-files fan favorite. November 26, 2009
Roland F. Wiens (Seattle, WA USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Good movie for the x-files fan. Still some questions remain. How did Mulder get to Antarctica and how did the duo get back?
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