Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
David Duchovny | ... | Fox Mulder | |
Gillian Anderson | ... | Dana Scully | |
Amanda Peet | ... | ASAC Dakota Whitney | |
Billy Connolly | ... | Father Joseph Crissman | |
Xzibit | ... | Agent Mosley Drummy (as Alvin 'Xzibit' Joiner) | |
Mitch Pileggi | ... | Walter Skinner | |
Callum Keith Rennie | ... | 2nd Abductor - Janke Dacyshyn | |
Adam Godley | ... | Father Ybarra | |
Alex Diakun | ... | Gaunt Man | |
Nicki Aycox | ... | 2nd Victim - Cheryl Cunningham | |
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Fagin Woodcock | ... | 1st Abductor - Franz Tomczeszyn |
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Marco Niccoli | ... | Christian Fearon |
Carrie Ruscheinsky | ... | Margaret Fearon | |
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Spencer Maybee | ... | Blair Fearon |
Veronika Hadrava | ... | Female Assistant |
Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) worked at the F.B.I. as partners, a bond between them that led to them becoming lovers. But now they're out of the F.B.I. and have begun new careers. Scully works as a staff physician at a Catholic hospital. Her focus these days is on a young boy with an incurable brain disease. Administration wants to give up on him. Scully, who feels a special bond with the boy, does not. Meanwhile, Mulder's focus is on clipping newspaper articles, throwing pencils into his ceiling and writing about the paranormal. Scully and Mulder are brought together as partners again when a special case requires Mulder's expertise, and Scully is prevailed upon to convince him to help. The case involves a pedophile priest who claims he is having psychic visions regarding the whereabouts of a missing F.B.I. Agent. Written by J. Spurlin
The Good: - Duchovny, Anderson, and Connelly all deliver excellent performances. Mulder and Scully are still fun to watch. - The atmosphere of the show is very much kept intact. - The surprise appearance of a series regular is a great addition to the finale of the movie. - The Scully Subplot was done very well. - The few action sequences are well done. - It explains what happened to Mulder and Scully.
The Bad: - Xzibit's character is as one dimensional as a piece of paper. - The plot is very weak due to it being incredibly simplistic. - It's slow pace will turn off many. - It feels made for T.V, almost exactly like an episode from season 7. They should've made it a 2 hour special on T.V instead. - It's way more of a Drama film than a Sci Fi thriller, which is misleading since the previews showed otherwise.
Overall: I had mixed thoughts when leaving the theater. Though it was slightly disappointing and underwhelming, it was still a good movie, especially for X Files fans. Duchovny and Anderson have not lost a step and deserve either another season to close up the series or another movie. I'm leaning more towards the former, as the movies have illustrated that Carter excels far more in a T.V environment.