X-Files Wants Us to Believe

The new X-Files movie is taking some daring risks, but has it deviated from the X-Files that lured its fans, back when the season started?

The show's second feature film, X-Files: I Want to Believe, is written by Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz. Carter, the creator of the show, will be making his full-length feature debut, while Spotnitz has been a co-producer of the show for some time.

According to the Mercury News, the film takes several leaps of faith regarding issues like religion and sexuality, and that the way in which these themes are handled is sometimes more horrific than the intentionally scary scenes. And while it is peppered with humorous moments here and there, X-Files: I Want to Believe seems to be overly concerned with playing into its own subtitle.

The plot kicks off when an FBI agent is abducted in snowy West Virginia, and from the get-go, we see that Scully and Mulder's relationship will be just as much the film's centerpiece as the unfolding investigation. The plot thickens when a former priest, turned pedophile, or vice-versa, played by Billy Connolly, is brought forth, claiming to have supernatural visions that could aid agents in their quest into the unknown, reported the Mercury News.

The main thing about X-Files: I Want to Believe, that fans of the show need to remember, is that this is not your typical Files movie. It is something quite different, and in addition to examining the series' main characters through a more powerful lens, it goes to the root of the show's premise, analyzing faith itself. The truth may be out there, but I Want to Believe is after a different kind of truth.