The X Files: I Want to Believe
2008 · Movie · PG-13 · 104 min · ★ 5.9 · 40% critics
When the FBI needs help finding a missing agent, two former partners are brought back into the case. Their search leads them to a mysterious man who claims to receive psychic visions, while one of them also struggles to help a sick child in need of urgent care.
Based on The X-Files
Also known as The X-Files 2 · The X Files: Done One · The X Files 2 - I Want to Believe
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Details
- Years
- 2008
- Release date
- 2008-07-24
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Critic score
- 40/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.9/10 (1,646 votes)
- Box office
- $68,369,434
- Budget
- $30,000,000
About
You may like this if you enjoy moody mystery stories with familiar characters and a case that leans into faith, belief, and unsettling tension; Not for you if you want a big, fast-moving conspiracy plot like The X-Files or Dark Skies.
Pros: strong lead performances; eerie winter mood; thoughtful themes | Cons: slower pacing; uneven story focus; less franchise-scale excitement
Themes
- extraterrestrial technology
- fbi
- alien
- priest
- hospital
- duringcreditsstinger
- based on tv series
Cast & crew
David Duchovny
as Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson
as Dana Scully
Amanda Peet
as ASAC Dakota Whitney
Billy Connolly
as Father Joseph Crissman
Xzibit
as Agent Mosley Drummy
Mitch Pileggi
as Walter Skinner
Callum Keith Rennie
as 2nd Abductor - Janke Dacyshyn
Adam Godley
as Father Ybarra
Nicki Aycox
as 2nd Victim - Cheryl Cunningham
Alex Diakun
as Gaunt Man
Directed by Chris Carter