The second X-Files movie, this one having nothing to do with the first, or the series' base alien mythology. In fact, it's pretty much just another episode out of the series, albeit an extended one. It's several years after the X-Files division was closed up and Mulder disgraced, and now they need him to find an FBI agent. Sounds ordinary enough, but this is the X-Files so maybe there's some alien twist?

NO, it stays pretty much ordinary, at leastby X-Files standards. Intriguing in and of itself, but for an X-Files movie I'd expect something more mainline with their alien plotline, maybe the alien invasion force finally arriving or something. To be true, though, as an X-Files episode it works pretty well. It's got the mystery, twists, the "is it real or is it not" thing. Not too bad all around.

Of course a couple minor gripes. First, Scully and Mulder are living together, sleep in the same bed... isn't about time they stopped calling one another by their last names? Then there's Scully's usual "I wamnt to believe but show me the evidence" thing. Abducted by a;liens, seen aliens, seen a buried spaceship or two, isn't it about time she admitted to the preponderance of evidence and instead said something like "Oh mulder, is this another bloody Martian? Why don't they all just go home?" Oh, and about the title? Loose it.

All in all, this one makes for a great video rental. Oh, and nearly past the end credits we get to see the two of them rowing in a small boat across some lake, wearing bathing suits; with a two-piece for Scully just to proove she still has it.