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The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008)
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Chris Carter, the creator of the original TV series, is behind the camera for this second film spin-off, which comes a full ten years after the first big-screen adaptation. So you'd want to believe it was worth the wait. Sadly, legions of X-Files fans will more likely be dispirited. It's less fast-paced thriller, more plodding melodrama as former FBI spooks Mulder (David Duchovny) and Scully (Gillian Anderson) become distracted from their investigation of the mysterious abduction of a young agent and grapple with their own personal demons. Billy Connolly provides the only real intrigue as a psychic paedophile priest who has visions of the crime. However, conspiracy-philes will be most disappointed by the fact that Mulder and Scully don't have a sinister system to pit their wits against. Instead of a Cigarette-Smoking Man, there's a pen-pushing vicar (Adam Godley) and, soon enough, the dynamic duo are bickering about their relationship. Compared to the TV series, it all feels so small. SP
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Running time
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103min
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Country of origin
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US / Can
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Genre
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Science-fiction Thriller
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Alternate title
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The X Files 2,
The X Files: Done One,
The X-Files Movie,
Untitled X Files Sequel
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Original language
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English
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Screenplay
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Chris Carter, Frank Spotnitz, from the TV series by Carter
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Theatrical distributor
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20th Century Fox
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UK cinema certificate
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15
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UK cinema release date
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August 2008
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