FANS foreseeing an extra-terrestrial tale of aliens and spaceships are not going to get what they expected in The X-Files: I Want To Believe.

Others however are sure to embrace the film for reverting back to basics and for simply re-uniting Mulder and Scully (David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson) on the big screen.

Unlike the first spin-off movie made in 1998, which felt more like an extended TV episode, this time around the audience does not require any understanding of the series’ complex mythology.

It is a stand-alone film with a story that would have probably got made even if the TV show had not existed.

Joining the pair of ex-FBI agents on screen is Scottish legend Billy Connolly, who has swapped jokes for sci-fi to star as paedophile priest Father Joe.

The plot is based around a group of women who are abducted in the wintry hills of West Virginia.

The only clues to their disappearance are the grotesque human remains that begin to turn up in snow banks along the highway.

With officials desperate for any lead, a disgraced priest’s questionable visions send local police on a wild goose chase and straight to a bizarre secret medical experiment that may or may not be connected to the women’s disappearance.

Without much to go on, the FBI are left with no choice but to call upon ex-agents Fox Mulder and Dr Dana Scully, who have no desire to revisit their dark past.

After a bit persuasion, Mulder, who is now sporting a beard, agrees to help.

But the film is as much about the two agents complicated relationship and Scully’s battle to help a dying patient, as it is about solving the crime.

The film was directed by original series creator Chris Carter, who after 10 long years since the first, felt the time was right for a second X-Files movie.

Not only did he aim to provide the show’s fans with a new case for Mulder and Scully, but also to introduce a new generation to these characters already beloved by millions.

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