Let me be clear, I loved the first X-Files movie. The underlying sexual attraction, the genuine, odd mystery, the familiar characters and some new ones for fun: It was good!
In this second installment, however, X-Files missed the mark.
X-Files: I Want To Believe spends waaaay too much time in the beginning with Mulder pleading with Scully, Scully pleading with Mulder, and back and forth...I was as bored as I would be watching a Junior-High-ish teen boyfriend/girlfriend flick. I wanted to pass them both a note in study hall that said - shut up and get on with the mystery!
The most interesting character, the priest with visions of death and bleeding eyes, doesn't really get much character development I'm afraid. He's relegated more to a TV character where you've got 1 minute to introduce him, 1 minute for him to speak brilliantly, and then 1 minute to die.
The initial mystery of kidnapping of FBI agents in West Virginia (what were they doing there anyway) is interesting enough, but I got so confused by introduction of creepy snowplow drivers, lots of barking dogs, and Russian doctors playing with severed heads...it was a bit too much of too little.
In the end, X-Files still keeps its brooding darkness feel, but without the fun and excitement of the first film. I hope it's a glitch and expect better from future installments.
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