Chris Carter, the longtime creative force behind the mega-hit television series, directs this – essentially – 1:40 long television episode that reunites Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson). The plot is a odd construct involving the disappearance of an FBI agent (hence the need to bring Mulder back into the fold, so to speak), a priest with visions and a pedophilic background (hence the ‘X’-factor and reason for holier-than-thou Scully to get all worked up) and Russians gruesomely harvesting Marylanders for organs (which just is like, huh?). Anyway, it all unfolds with predictability and even as a diehard X-File fan, and with a nod to the subtle tongue-in-cheek humour, it’s just way too schmaltzy and not worth the effort. The fault, I think, of bringing a franchise back far too long after its shelf life had expired. This film certainly gets my X.
My rating 3 out of 10.
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