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The X Files: Existence [1994]

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Binding : DVD
EAN : 5039036007368
Label : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Manufacturer : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Publisher : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Release date : 2001-11-05
Title : The X Files: Existence [1994]
Actor : Array
Audience rating : Suitable for 12 years and over
Format : Array
Languages : Array
Number of items : 1
Original release date : 1994-09-19
Region code : 2
Running time : 84
Studio : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Theatrical releaseDate : 1993-09-10
Number of discs : 1

Editorial reviews

Amazon.co.uk Review
The pretentiously titled Existence is another two-part X-Files yarn glued together to make a feature-length episode. Here the story concerns the birth of Scully's perhaps-alien-tinged child and proves the old maxim that you should stop watching any series when the characters start having babies. By now, newbie Robert Patrick is settled into the role of Agent Doggett, Scully's new partner on the X-Files, but David Duchovny's contract negotiations have enabled Fox Mulder, no longer in the FBI, to come back and hang about the delivery, clashing and then bonding with his replacement. The action content comes from a mild-mannered alien abductee transformed into an unstoppable killing machine, ripping through everything as he tries to prevent the upcoming nativity for reasons that (as ever) don't quite become clear. Also in the support cast are semi-regular Nicholas Lea as lurking plot-explaining conspirator Alex Krycek, and the more welcome Annabeth Gish, whose interestingly spiritual Agent Monica Reyes is being worked up as a replacement for Scully when Gillian Anderson gets out of her contract. Weirdly, The X-Files is in pretty good shape for a show that's been running this long--the performances and the direction are still strong, and outside the "continuing story" shows individual episodes hold up well. But this dreary muddle of running about (plus the odd decapitation) and agonised rumination (blathery philosophical musings about the miracle of life and childbirth) does not represent the series' strengths, suggesting that the best thing that could happen would be to get shot of the long-time stars and their played-out characters to make room for a revitalised show starring Patrick and Gish.

On the DVD: The full-screen print, with the extra detail of the DVD image and Dolby Digital, allow you to pick up a lot more than from the murky telecasts. "Alex Krycek Revealed" Parts 1 and 2, a couple of character profiles, turn out to be very snippet-like Fox TV promo pieces, with some interview footage and behind-the-scenes stuff amid the usual teaser clips.--Kim Newman

Special Features
1.78 Wide Screen
16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
DVD 5
English
English
Region 2
Dolby Digital 2.0 English
Dolby Digital 2.0
Alex Krycek Revealed Part 1
Alex Krycek Revealed Part 2
Scene Access
Dutch\French\German

Synopsis
This X-FILES collection features the thrilling final two episodes of the eighth season. In "Essence" and "Existence," Mulder (David Duchovny) and Doggett (Robert Patrick) investigate Scully's (Gillian Anderson) mysterious pregnancy. Meanwhile Reyes (Annabeth Gish) struggles to protect Scully, from looming forces that have descended on their hidden location. And to make matters worse, Krycek (Nicholas Lea) and other forbodingly familiar faces have begun to reappear.

Customer reviews

review by: figroll date: 2002-06-22 rating:

lights, camera and lots and lots of action! :)
After the moaning and groaning of some fans before season 8, saying things like "ahhh its all over, mulders gone and the show will go bad", how wrong they were. Season 8 was (in my opinion) one of the finest seasons in the shows history, creating some wonderful new characters and brilliant episodes like (alone, per manum) and this 2 part finale entitled "existance". This is a brilliant finale with more twists and turns and some really exciting moments. My favourite scenes were between doggett and mulder as these characters are so different from one another but seem to work off eachother perfectly. The ever beautiful and brilliant Gillian Anderson turns in another fine performance, as does David Duchovny. Annabeth Gish really makes here mark in these two episodes, but i have to take my hat off to Robert Patrick who entered the lions den at the start of the season and has come up trumps, never missing a chance to shine :) ***** stars

review by: date: 2002-03-07 rating:

Simply one of the best...
I enjoyed this story as much as "Deadalive"...hugely! Oh, there were parts of the story that you could pick holes in but in general terms, I enjoyed every minute of it. Agent Doggett and Raines have been well cast as additions to the team and their performances are equal to Mulder and Scully.

Sad though it may be, I look forward to future releases.

review by: date: 2002-01-06 rating:

long live agent doggett!
Can't stand mulder, think he is (not printable). The series has gotten so much better since he became a semi-regular - can only get better with doggett not acting like the know all mulder has been since the end of series one. Good episode, more scully and doggett less mulder - things can only get better

review by: date: 2001-12-09 rating:

Although a bit dreary in places, a MUST!
I honestly thought that X-Files had lost it's impact when Season 8 hit our screens - OK, the stories where fresh, but no Mulder, and no shippiness? I was not happy with Carter's decision to continue.

But this two-part finale had everything that the X-Files had been missing in recent seasons - action, suspense, intrigue, and of course - that KISS!

This wuld have been a fitting end to one of the most famous shows ever to hit our screens. Buy it.

review by: date: 2001-11-18 rating:
Too Little Too Late
This is one of the better feature length X Files releases of recent years, but to be honest, the fresh injection the series got when Doggett was added was about 2 years overdue. Hopefully Fox won't insult us by releasing any 2-parters from season 9.

This tape is acceptable, reasonably enjoyable (although the arc has disappeared up it's own backside entirely by this point), and not a bad conclusion to the series. However we know what to expect in each of these -- 3 new questions for every 2 answered, mulder or scully in danger (and their partner rescues them), and one major character being killed off.

For a series that broke the mould 9 years ago, the X Files has fallen far -- just watch 'The Unopened File' and see what this release is missing: tension, true shocking revelations, gritty action, proper empathy and a real sense of mystery.

So why did I give this tape 3 stars? Because I'm glad to see as close to an end of the X-Files as we'll ever get, because it isn't a complete catastrophe, and the episodes are pretty good compared to series 7 and 8's poor displays. And underneath it all I guess I'm still a fan :)

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