History Film / TheXFilesFightTheFuture

'''''The X-Files''''' (unofficially known as '''''The X-Files: Fight the Future''''' after its tagline) is a 1998 ScienceFiction film based on the popular [[Series/TheXFiles TV series of the same name]]. Set between the fifth and sixth seasons of the series, it follows the adventures of Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, a pair of FBI agents infamous among their peers for their investigation of cases that defy a rational or scientific explanation. After failing to stop what seems to be a terrorist bombing in Dallas, Texas, the agents are flung into another government conspiracy regarding the colonization of Earth by alien life forms. Mulder and Scully follow the usual labyrinth of paranormal clues and obtrusive bureaucracies, eventually reaching the Antarctic, where the biggest secret of all lies in store.

''The X-Files'' (full title: ''The X-Files: Fight the Future'') is a 1998 ScienceFiction film based on the popular [[Series/TheXFiles TV series of the same name]]. Set between the fifth and sixth seasons of the series, it follows the adventures of Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, a pair of FBI agents infamous among their peers for their investigation of cases that defy a rational or scientific explanation. After failing to stop what seems to be a terrorist bombing in Dallas, Texas, the agents are flung into another government conspiracy regarding the colonization of Earth by alien life forms. Mulder and Scully follow the usual labyrinth of paranormal clues and obtrusive bureaucracies, eventually reaching the Antarctic, where the biggest secret of all lies in store.

* EverythingsWorseWithBees: A memorable scene traps the agents in a secret bunker filled with millions of these critters.

'''''The X-Files''''' (full title: '''''The X-Files: Fight the Future''''') is a 1998 ScienceFiction film based on the popular [[Series/TheXFiles TV series of the same name]]. Set between the fifth and sixth seasons of the series, it follows the adventures of Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, a pair of FBI agents infamous among their peers for their investigation of cases that defy a rational or scientific explanation. After failing to stop what seems to be a terrorist bombing in Dallas, Texas, the agents are flung into another government conspiracy regarding the colonization of Earth by alien life forms. Mulder and Scully follow the usual labyrinth of paranormal clues and obtrusive bureaucracies, eventually reaching the Antarctic, where the biggest secret of all lies in store.

* [[spoiler:ChestBurster]]: What ultimately happens to someone infected by the Black Oil.

* [[spoiler:FaceFullOfAlienWingWong]]

* [[spoiler:{{Ultraterrestrials}}]]

'''''The X-Files''''' (full title: '''''The X-Files: Fight the Future''''') is a 1998 ScienceFiction film based on the popular [[Series/TheXFiles TV series of the same name.]] Set between the fifth and sixth seasons of the series, it follows the adventures of Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, a pair of FBI agents infamous among their peers for their investigation of cases that defy a rational or scientific explanation. After failing to stop what seems to be a terrorist bombing in Dallas, Texas, the agents are flung into another government conspiracy regarding the colonization of Earth by alien life forms. Mulder and Scully follow the usual labyrinth of paranormal clues and obtrusive bureaucracies, eventually reaching the Antarctic, where the biggest secret of all lies in store.

A second film, ''Film/TheXFilesIWantToBelieve'', came about in 2008.

* AlmostKiss: Mulder and Scully, of course, in a an agonising moment for [[{{Shipping}} shippers]].

* DistressedDamsel: Scully. It'll be Mulder's turn to hold the DistressBall in the second movie, though.

* KissOfLife: Apparently Chris Carter's intent was that [[spoiler:Mulder reviving Scully with CPR counted as a symbolic completion of the AlmostKiss earlier in the movie.]] [[ViewersAreGeniuses Very few people saw it that way before the DVD commentary explained it]].

* RaceAgainstTheClock: Mulder has 96 hours to [[spoiler:reach specific coordinates in Antarctica, find Scully and administer her with a vaccine against TheVirus]]. Go Mulder!

* ShoutOut: See the [[ShoutOut/TheXFiles sub-page]] listing Shout Outs from the whole franchise.

* AlmostKiss: Mulder and Scully, of course, in a an agonising moment for [[{{Shipping shippers}}]].

* AlmostKiss: Admit it, this is why you saw the movie.

* RealitySubtext: Many thought the bombing that begins the film looked uncomfortably close to the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, which while three years on, was still on the public's minds considering the horribleness of the crime and the conviction of Timothy [=McVeigh=] less than a year before. While a longer passage of time than usual, still could be thought of as a TooSoon.

* RealitySubtext: Many thought the bombing that begins the film looked uncomfortably close to the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, which while three years on, was still on the public's minds considering the horribleness of the crime and the conviction of Timothy McVeigh less than a year before. While a longer passage of time than usual, still could be thought of as a TooSoon.

'''''The X-Files''''' (full title: '''''The X-Files: Fight the Future''''') is a 1998 ScienceFiction film based on the popular [[Series/TheXFiles series of the same name.]] Set between the fifth and sixth seasons of the series, it follows the adventures of Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, a pair of FBI agents infamous among their peers for their investigation of cases that defy a rational or scientific explanation. After failing to stop what seems to be a terrorist bombing in Dallas, Texas, the agents are flung into another government conspiracy regarding the colonization of Earth by alien life forms. Mulder and Scully follow the usual labyrinth of paranormal clues and obtrusive bureaucracies, eventually reaching the Antarctic, where the biggest secret of all lies in store.

* AdvertisedExtra: Armin Mueller-Stall, who appears in just one scene.

* [[spoiler:ChestBurster]]

* VengefulVendingMachine: Mulder goes to buy something to drink. He puts money in the machine, pushes a button, then next one, then all of them. He whacks the machine and then jiggles it angrily. He notices that the machine is not plugged and finds out that there is a bomb. The bomb the FBI is looking for in another building.
* TheVirus

* TelevisionGeography: Several examples involving the Texas portions of the movie.

* TheTriple:

* ReassignedToAntarctica: The FBI want to split Mulder and Scully up. They transfer Scully to the Salt Lake City field office, prompting her resignation from the FBI.

* BodyHorror

* KissOfLife: Apparently Chris Carter's intent was that Mulder reviving Scully with CPR counted as a symbolic completion of the AlmostKiss earlier in the movie. [[ViewersAreGeniuses Very few people saw it that way before the DVD commentary explained it]].

* PercussiveMaintenance: Mulder can't get his drink out of a vending machine. At first he whacks it so that he can fix it, then he just [[PercussiveTherapy shakes it angrily]]. There is actually a bomb hidden inside that unplugged machine.
* PercussiveTherapy: Mulder is angry that he lost his money in a vending machine, therefore he jiggles it heavily.
* RaceAgainstTheClock: Mulder has 96 hours to reach specific coordinates in Antarctica, find Scully and administer her with a vaccine against the virus. Go Mulder!
* ReassignedToAntarctica: The FBI are splitting Mulder and Scully up. Scully is transferred to Salt Lake City Field Office in Utah which makes her resign.

* TelevisionGeography: The suburban neighborhood that has Dallas in view is rather desert like, which is rather odd, seeing as how North Texas, especially the area around Dallas, is grasslands, and is so developed that Dallas would be way too far to see from any rural area. Downtown Dallas also looks nothing like downtown Los Angeles. Also, as Mulder and Scully drive away from Dallas, following the mysterious train, the sun is setting behind them. It makes a cool lighting effect, but if you drive east from Dallas you end up in Arkansas or Louisiana, not in West Texas or New Mexico as later scenes suggest.

* TheTriple: Two normal items followed by a non sequitur third item, courtesy to Mulder's sense of humour:

* TheMovie: The film was a summary of ''Series/TheXFiles'' TV series, up until the end of the fifth season.