It’s hard to review a film you completely didn’t care about in the first place.  I never watched the TV series, and I think I caught about 85% of the first film on TBS.  If truth be told, I only watched this movie because I had a short window of time that needed to be filled and neither Mamma Mia! nor Space Chimps had times that fit my schedule.

Director Chis Carter brings us this second feature length installment in the X-Files (and hopefully the final chapter?).  Both Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny reprise their roles and Scully and Mulder.  After the four year hiatus, the sexual chemistry between the two is still as strong as ever (why can’t they just be together?), and their performances never miss a beat.  They share exactly one on-screen kiss in I Want To Believe and one awkwardly filmed scene that shows the two in bed (not too much is shown…Scully was just not in the mood)

The boring part of this film is that even though some slightly mysterious events lure the two out of retirement, their involvement in the case doesn’t advance the investigation at all.  The film gets really creepy when, get this, the pedophile psychic leading FBI teams to frozen, severed limbs hidden in the Virginian wilderness starts to cry BLOOD!  It’s sooo weird.  Can’t you hear the theme music now?

Two thirds of the way through the movie, all creepiness comes to a screeching halt, and Carter apparently started taking his cues from made-for-TV movies and it’s difficult to stay focused for the remaining 20 minutes or so.

Granted, I don’t know enough about X-Files to say whether or not the cult following will enjoy this or not, but I can pretty much guarantee the average viewer will be somewhere in between bored and underwhelmed when viewing this movie.

0.5 out of 4 stars

Rottentomatoes: 35% – Cream of the Crop: 27%