X檔案:征服未來
(The X Files)
Rob Bowman
1998|Color|USA|121 min
播映時間與地點
10/27 (二) 20:30
蘇格貓底二手書咖啡屋
★1999年ASCAP獎Top Box Office Films
若說是什麼在90年代重新燃起世人對外星人的狂熱,美國影集《X檔案》(The X Files)絕對功不可沒。雖然《X檔案》推出的兩部電影評價都不算好,但因為它對科幻影片的貢獻實在太高了,因此《X檔案:征服未來》入選本次影展片單。
《X檔案:征服未來》的劇情時間是穆德(Mulder)和史考莉(Scully)已搭檔多年後,因奇怪的大樓恐嚇爆炸案使得穆德和史考莉面對被調查甚至拆夥的危機。為了洗刷兩人的冤屈,穆德和史考莉深入調查整個爆炸案件,才發現一切居然是一個和政府有關、巨大的秘密組織所策劃的陰謀,目的是隱藏他們利用外星人統治地球的計畫。
本片除了穆德對神祕事件緊追不捨的主要路線外,更加上了他和史考莉之間的感情問題。此外,企圖與外星人合作的神祕組織也發生內訌,開始有人懷疑這樣的計畫是絕佳的武器還是會變成反噬的兩面刃?而史考莉也因為案件的撲朔迷離和周遭的反對聲浪,開始對自己的工作與能力產生質疑。
整部電影無論是人物關係或點子都可說是影集的延伸,但導演羅伯包曼(Rob Bowman)和編劇克里斯卡特(Chris Carter)似乎忘了他們這次創作的不是影集而是電影。《X檔案:征服未來》的步調和節奏都太像電視影集了,而特效的處理和最後收尾也缺乏電影應有的規模,反而使整個「外星殖民者」計畫和龐大神秘組織的人體實驗失去了電影開始鋪陳的驚悚與神秘。
或許《X檔案》電影版的表現差強人意,但若論「接觸」外星的影視題材,《X檔案》系列絕對具有它獨特的代表地位。
(撰文:章聿珩)
"X Files: the Movie" is based on the popular TV-series produced by Chris Carter. The movie begins with FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully investigating a case of the explosion of an office building in Dallas and being unintentionally swept into a mysterious conspiracy. A group of aliens emerge out of a big hole underground in northern Texas, killing three people on earth and possessing the body of the fourth.
Three bodies are found in the very building where the suspected terrorists have placed bombs. The assumption that aliens have taken control of the Earth thus comes around, and Mulder goes to as far as Antarctica to save Scully... David Duchovny plays Fox Mulder, the serious but extremely smart FBI agent who believes in the existence of aliens. His partner Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) is a medical doctor, so she can maintain a suspicious attitude towards the mysterious things Mulder believes in.
The movie version of X-files creates an unprecedented momentum for the series. As movies are more popularized than TV series, the mysteries of X-files can be viewed by more people. Moreover, it is not a movie which can only be enjoyed by X-files fans but everyone. The audience may be surprised at an alien life form as something roaming in underground caves as well as their plan to colonize the Earth. The movie inherits the paranoia, horror, and blood-curdling suspense from the series, and these elements of a great mystery will attract the heart of many.
(撰文:彭中嬿)
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