The X-Files - Fight the Future (Widescreen Edition) | 
| 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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Rating:  430 reviews
Sales Rank: 11259
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dts Surround Sound, Dvd, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 121 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.1 x 0.6
MPN: FOXD2001094D
UPC: 024543010968
EAN: 0024543010944
ASIN: B00005221O
Theatrical Release Date: June 19, 1998
Release Date: January 23, 2001
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Product Description
Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 09/06/2005 Run time: 122 minutes Rating: Pg13
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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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 one of the best movies of the 20th century... June 14, 2009
Star Bux
The interesting thing about this movie is how you can watch it
without having seen the tv-series, and it still makes sense.
That said, for people on a budget, I recommend this movie,
Fight the Future, and the 4 Mythology series DVDs. If you want
more, then get the entire series, including this movie, Fight the
Future, in a boxed set, with a picture of a submarine on the
cover.
That said, if you want the DVD, I recommend the DVD that does
not have a "ribbon" on the top of the DVD cover. Because the
other DVD that does have a "ribbon" at the top of the DVD art
cover, with the inscription 'Enhanced Widescreen DTS...' on it,
contains a FOX commercial trailer, with previews from all kinds of
movies, ending with Bruce Willis shouting obscenities, and that is
before the movie even begins...So, get the other DVD, the one
without the FOX trailer in it. For that DVD only contains the
movie, and associated features relating to the movie, 'Fight the
Future'.
The story is basically this: An alien virus that has been lying dormant
for thousands of years has awakened, and threatens to engulf the
earth...Some knew that this was going to happen, and quietly
made "peace" with the aliens, hoping they and theirs would live better
than the rest of humanity in the New World Order, which is now
imminent.
The sequel to this movie has received awful reviews, and having read
those reviews, I cannot recommend the sequel to this movie. But this
movie, I do recommend. One of the nicest things about it, is that the
plot is written at an adult level, but there is no bad language, or people
getting married, just two FBI agents intelligently trying to make the world
better, while relating to each other in a professional and courteous, if
not collegiate manner. Also, Agent Mulder is very subdued, and not his
usual jovial self. He seems to be suffering from a bout of melancholy.
 Best yet... May 8, 2009
Crispin Garcia
I owned this movie three times now, first the 1999 non-anamorphic DVD with Dolby Digital 5.1, then the upgraded 2001 anamorphic DVD with DTS and now this Blu-ray with dts Master Audio. This version is easily the best version available but it's not perfect. The picture can look soft at times but other times fairly sharp. The audio is excellent. For the price (around $16 with free Prime shipping) this was a deal I couldn't resist. If you desire a full blown review on the advantages and short-coming of this BD then Google "highdefdigest.com". Someday there may be a more perfect version but this one will do until then.
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The X Files (aka Fght the Future) April 27, 2009
Gerald Piro (Sun Valley, California)
As in all the X Files, the show was great! I wish they would make a ton more of these films with exactally the same
stars and crew.
THE X-FILES (Fight the Future) - Great! March 22, 2009
Keith Mirenberg (www.spaceanimations.org)
THE X-FILES (Fight the Future) was a great five star film for loyal fans as well as non-viewers alike. I was as pleased with this first film as I was unhappy with the second. This first movie was fast paced and left the viewer no time to look back. To be honest, the story was over and neatly resolved before I knew it and there wasn't a second to be spared.
The film flowed beautifully from the TV series to the big screen and from one scene to the next, and every special effects shot was breathtaking. I especially enjoyed the final scenes which presented Scully's rescue by Mulder and their narrow escape from a huge alien spacecraft. These grand scenes made the long running X-Files story larger than life, adding new dimension to the series. This X-Files movie delivered on every possible level and was extremely well thought out and executed, and was one of Chris Carter's best productions ever!
I saw this film in a very good big screen movie theater when it opened and it made for an excellent viewing experience. Chris Carter could not have done a better job of recruiting new viewers with this film which was a wonderful showcase for the look, color, flavor and wonderful mood of the X-Files. If only he could have done something nearly as good in the recent X-Files 2 (I want to believe).
Mulder has a yet another bee in his bonnet March 15, 2009
sft (UK)
All the necessary ingredients to keep an X-Files fan happy are here and even those unfamiliar with the franchise will not feel excluded as the story is encapsulated despite the fact that it continues a thread introduced in the TV series. It's this adherence to the long-standing thread, however, that leads to some disappointment. I always considered the TV series to be at its most creative and inventive when it produced the so-called "Monster of the Week" episodes, in which the thread was sidelined in favour of a standalone story. These were nearly always more satisfying, and often even more weird and wonderful in scope. Nevertheless this movie is great fun and entertaining from start to finish.
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