After 5 years of investigating paranormal incidents, the X-Files has been closed down by the government and special agents Mulder and Scully reassigned to more mundane work with the FBI's bomb detail. When a bomb destroys a federal building in Dallas, Mulder becomes obsessed by what really killed 4 firemen and a boy who supposedly died in the blast. The investigation inevitably leads to alien activity on Earth and a secret international cabal of powerful men trying to protect a huge secret (which relates to something buried in a Texas cave 37,000 years ago, a deadly virus that could destroy all life on the planet, and the climactic discovery of a massive installation beneath the surface of the Antarctic continent). The hit TV series was brought to the big screen in 1998 with a production that's bigger, louder, more sumptuous and complex, but not much better than a good episode of the series. Some regulars like Scully and the Cigarette-Smoking Man don't appear much (she's out of action for a good chunk of the story while Mulder tracks her down). There are some interesting cameos such as Blythe Danner, Armin Mueller-Stahl, and Glenne Headly as an uncredited barmaid.
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The review of this Movie prepared by David Loftus
