![]() He finds a skull in what appears to be a hollowed-out cave or dried-up groundwater reservoir, but no sooner has he happened upon the relic than a puddle of viscous black fluid forms underneath his feet and a brigade of sub-epidermal worms are dashing like lightning up his legs and trunk, all until an inky blackness floods his eyes. To make a long story shortthough making it coherent is well beyond my capabilitiesa young Texan kid ( Sling Blade's Lucas Black) falls into a hole one day while playing with his buddies. In fact, one of these episodes co-starred Peter Boyle in a viral-epidemic storyline that was far more coherent and economical, not to mention scarier, than the one we get in Fight the Future. I confess that I have only seen two episodes of Chris Carter's paean to the paranormal, though both of those hour-long installments were satisfyingly ghostly and unapologetically perverse, willing to shuck the bounds of credibility and the limits of the grotesque to achieve Carter's ![]() I realize that my credibility in writing this may be wholly contingent for some readers on how familiar I am with the show. David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson gamely reprise their roles as FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, but their admirably relaxed, flexible performances are stuck in a rigid, plodding Frankenstein monster of a movie, stiffly amalgamating scenes from legions of other films that never satisfactorily unite into a functional new one. Whatever its commercial success, however, there isn't much treasure to be found in The X-Files: Fight the Future, which manages to be as dull and derivative as its television source is intelligent and innovative. Show feels lobotomized.Īfter Godzilla failed to breathe box-office fire, many pundits forecasted that "X" would mark the spot for the next sure-fire summer blockbuster. Still, cerebral aspects seem ersatz in a way they don't on TV. Hard to make a blockbuster this dour or this openly suspicious of US flag-waving. Over-commits to the show's most solemn tones, with no compensatory ingenuity, originality, or verve. Screenplay: Chris Carter (based on a story by Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz). Davis, John Neville, Blythe Danner, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Terry O'Quinn, Jeffrey DeMunn. Cast: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Martin Landau, William B. hope you're not getting a spluttery : The X-Files: Fight the Futureĭirector: Rob Bowman. Though that in this particular case it seems that this title was used in other countries, I remember having seen this title (possibly when the movie was shown in Europe ?) Usually we do not add the "working titles" because they are just temporary titles used while the movie is made, but they are not especially used later. The question is was this title actually used? I guess it doesn't have to be added, but I have to wonder how many others might only know the movie by "Fight the Future" and not able to find it on IMCDb. ◊ I had only known the movie as "Fight the Future", I almost ended up downloading the whole movie myself and creating a new page to add cars when I couldn't find it on IMCDb by that name. The one you propose is just one of the numerous titles used in the USA, so why should this one be specially added and not the others? If I'm not mistaken, the IMCDb uses only one title by movie and by country. ![]() ![]() Please add "Fight The Future" into the 'Also known as:' section. Pretty sure it was known as that worldwide. See all comments about this movie and its vehicles Authorįight The Future was also a known name. ![]()
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