There is something about the chemistry between Chris Carter, David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson. For years, fans enjoyed the work of the trio on the X-Files television show, but, when David Duchovny left, the show always seemed to be missing something. Now, the three are back together in a new X-Files movie and so is the chemistry. This show is vintage X-Files.

The movie begins with Fox Mulder in hiding, Dana Scully out of the F.B.I. pursuing her career as a doctor, and the Feds needing help. An F.B.I. agent has gone missing, they are using a psychic to try to locate her, and they need Mulder's help and experience working these types of cases. Believing Scully knows where Mulder is hiding, she is asked to find him and recruit him to help with the case. In typical X-Files fashion, Mulder agrees and the hunt begins.

Of course, Mulder succeeds, but along the way X-File junkies are treated to classic sub-plots featuring agents who think Mulder is wasting his time, some answers to questions about the relationship between Mulder and Scully, and a guest appearance from Assistant Director Skinner, who has now moved up in the organization. In a unusual twist that blends elements of "Silence of the Lambs" and "Frankenstein", the culprits turn out to be a group of scientists who steal and sell black market organs. The group also has used stem cell research to perfect the reattachment of severed limbs, (including the head of one dog to another), and is about to replace the damaged head of one's lover with that of a woman kidnapped from a local pool. Scully and Skinner arrive just in time to save the life and limbs of Mulder and all loose ends come together.

Chirs Carter does a nice job in this movie of introducing apparently disparate elements and later connecting them all together in the end. This is as good as any episode of the X-Files from the T.V. series and blends elements of mystery, criminal activity and the macabre in a way only the X-Files ever could. Nonetheless, having the trio of Carter, Duchovny and Anderson together adds something to the mix that simply makes it all work. This movie is a solid "A" and all fans of the X-Files, new and old, will love it.

Title: X-Files

Director: Chris Carter

Genre: Sci-fi,mystery, Run Time: One hour, forty minutes, Rating: PG-13

Cast: David Duchovy, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Peleggi, Amanda Peet, and Xzibit