I don’t know why he’s willing or what he’s gaining. The scientists performing strange experiments was a staple of the series, but in this case the patient is willing. The supernatural elements are relegated to the psychic. Mulder thinks he may have found a psychic, while Scully can’t forgive a priest that was convicted of such heinous crimes. While Scully pushed Mulder to take the case initially, she asks him to stop when she thinks the situation is getting out of control. His role is to specifically condemn anything supernatural. Whitney is a bit of a believer with Drummy playing a hard line skeptic.
I get why they’re present, but it’s an extra layer that doesn’t do much.
We get two agents, Whitney and Drummy (Xzibit) to get Mulder and Scully back in the FBI. This is a strange case where a disgraced priest claims to be a psychic.
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There are plenty of callouts to the series in Mulder’s house, including the poster, sun flower seeds, pencils in the ceiling, and a picture of his sister. She appeals to his empathy to help the FBI. Of course Scully knows exactly where he is. The FBI wants to talk to Mulder (David Duchovny), contacting Scully who denies knowing his whereabouts. She always threatened to do it back in the series. A psychic helps the FBI find evidence, though I’m not sure Agent Whitney (Amanda Peet) should bare hand evidence.Īmanda Peet and Xzibit play Dakota Whitney and Mosley Drummy This opens with an abduction intercut with a canvassing search. I never expected ten years after this movie the pair would be back in the series revival. It’s not often you get to revisit a series this long after it ended, though that has become more common lately. The draw of this movie was seeing Mulder and Scully six years after the series ended. Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny play Dana Scully and Fox Mulder Unfortunately the series was brought back for an eleventh season.Ĭertainly the newer seasons have a different style from the original,īut it made Mulder and Sculler more action heroes that investigators. While noĮpisode was even above average, it was a fun nostalgia trip. I saw both movies whenĮxcited to see the show again despite my misgivings.
I watched through the seasons a second time,Īnd have seen some seasons three or four times. I started watching the series midway through the second season as itĪired and through season eight. I didn’t like it when it was released, my recollection being I was disappointed that it wasn’t very supernatural. This movie came out well after the series concluded, acting as a standalone episode. This wanted to create a mood and the story suffered. Without clear goals from the antagonists, the story doesn’t have a foundation. The unexplainable aspect of this are the doctors and patient Mulder and Scully are chasing. We don’t get that answer and this story’s aim seems to be gross, mysterious, and strange. Beyond that the story is flimsy, mostly there’s the question of why any of this occurs. When it released and brought these characters back it was a nice nostalgia trip. Mulder and Scully are called back to duty by the FBI when a former priest claims to be receiving psychic visions pertaining to a kidnapped agent. Starring: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Billy Connolly, Amanda Peet, Xzibit, Mitch Pileggi, Callum Keith Rennie Written by: Frank Spotnitz & Chris Carter, Chris Carter (television series “The X-Files”) Rent The X-Files: I Want to Believe on Amazon Video (paid link)
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