The X Files: I want to Believe

When a dubious psychic offers to help solve the disappearance of an FBI agent, the bureau reaches out to Dana Scully (Anderson), now a practicing doctor, to enlist the aid of Fox Mulder (Duchovny), still recognised as an expert in supernatural mysteries. The former agents reunite to pursue the case, which raises their long-standing argument about faith and scepticism.

Well unfortunately The X-Files: I Want to Believe is only a satisfying if unspectacular installment in the X-Files series.  Fans who come in hoping for an expansion of any of the previous plot threads will be slightly disappointed, however they should be satisifed with the nostalgia this movie will provide them with.

I wasn’t really a big fan of the X Files and I found this movie quite underwhelming (pretty much the same as I thought about the first one too).  In my opinion the X Files works best on TV and as this movie seems to just be an extra long episode it works well on DVD but its easy to see why it was a flop in the box office takens.

So in a nutshell, its average.  Luckily for fans though the DVD and Blu Ray versions are jam-packed with extras.

DVD Extras:
Includes the Director’s Cut of the film
Audio commentary by Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz
Deleted Scenes
Gag Reel
Music Slideshow - “Dying 2 Live” by Xzbit
Body Parts: Special Make-up Effects featurette
Chris Carter: Statements on Green Production featurette
Photo gallery with over 370 images covering; Collectibles, Concept Art, Unit photography and Storyboards
Trust No One: Can The X-Files Remain A Secret? feature-length documentary
Part 1 - “You Can Go Home Again”
Part 2 - “Misinformation”
Part 3 - “Don’t Give Up”
Digital Copy of the film for portable media players

Blu-ray Exclusives:
BD-Live web-enabled content
The X-Files Dossier: Agent Dakota Whitney Files - create your own Special Agent avatar profile to browse through 5 “X-Files” case files on clairvoyance; users can also participate in several online forensic challenges with Agent Drummy
BonusView mode
The X-Files Complete Interactive Timeline - featuring over 80 video clip segments from “The X-Files” archives
Picture-in-picture commentary with Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz
In-Movie Features via BD remote direct access*
Real-time Index (Red Button)
BonusView Commentary (Green Button)
Behind The Camera (Blue Button)
Storyboards and Concept Art (Yellow Button)
Isolated Score track
Enhanced for D-Box Motion Code systems