![]() ![]() Soon Fox Mulder (David Duchovny), lead FBI agent, would leave his partner, Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) to fight the future with other less popular partners. It didn't, of course, instead serving more as a summing-up of what fans had learned thus far, and propelling them into the sixth season of the show. Maybe a third of the show's episodes posed more questions than it answered about said conspiracy, and the loyal core group of its fans were excited at the prospect that the movie would answer all of its questions. Running nine seasons, the series was a critical and commercial hit for Fox, but started petering out midway through its run, shortly after the theatrical release of The X-Files: Fight the Future, a movie that dealt with the show's mythology about an alien conspiracy. Managing to keep the plot details secret from the show's fans, the anticipation built by its director and show creator, Chris Carter, is invariably going to lead to a big let-down for them who are probably expecting a bombastic return for Agents Mulder and Scully. But with 20th Century Fox showing little inclination to promote it, opening it the week after one of the most highly anticipated movies of the year, it is doubtful the film's box office will approach what it needs to in order for a sequel to be greenlit. In fact, it's quite a solid and suspenseful thriller that even someone unfamiliar with the sci-fi TV series can enjoy. I fear this may be the last time we see The X-Files for some time, if not ever.
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