The X Files : Deadalive

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Primary Contributor : David Duchovny
Primary Contributor : Gillian Anderson

Product Details

Director : Tony Wharmby, Kim Manners
Actor : David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Robert Patrick
Format : Dolby, PAL, Surround Sound
Binding : VHS Tape
EAN : 5039036006965
Product Group : Video
Release Date : 2001-08-06
Running Time : 85minutes
Studio : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment

ASIN : B00005LAFB

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.co.uk Review

This release consists of two episodes--"This is Not Happening" and "Dead alive"--of the eighth series of The X-Files spliced together into a feature-length story. With David Duchovny contracted only to do a certain percentage of shows this year, Robert Patrick was brought in as Agent John Doggett, partnering Gillian Anderson's Agent Scully while Duchovny's Mulder is off being tortured by alien-abductors in what looks like an industrial dentist's chair. This story comes about two-thirds of the way through the arc and sets up Duchovny's return to the show--though he literally has to die and come back to get back on the case. It's an unfortunate paradox that most X-Files standalone releases concentrate on the dreary alien-abduction/conspiracy episodes which carry the greater storyline of the show, giving the misleading impression that the series is a drearily solemn, badly plotted, straight-faced but stupid sci-fi soap opera. Always skipped over are the far more interesting, entertaining and impressive stand-alone supernatural mysteries or strange comic exercises. Though Duchovny is mostly lying in a hospital bed with oatmeal all over his face, Anderson--whose character is pregnant this series, another dull sub-plot--still gives an amazingly committed performance and gets terrific support from Patrick, whose character has shaken up a lot of what was settled or stale about the show and the always-underrated Mitch Pileggi as Assistant Director Skinner.

The story features several wild-eyed UFO guru types (including Roy Thinnes, once star of The Invaders) and returned abductees transformed into un-killable alien zombies. It's as well made as ever, with ominous shadows and the odd smart line but you need to have been paying very close attention for seven years to understand what's going on. With Duchovny a potential escapee and Anderson perhaps in line to follow, this episode brings on the excellent Annabeth Gish as Agent Monica Reyes, a specialist in bizarre rituals, who is being effectively set up to partner Patrick in a post-Mulder-and-Scully X-Files that might well keep the franchise going on forever Star Trek-fashion. --Kim Newman

Customer Reviews

Very thrilling! (2003-11-08)

I really enjoyed this episode, especially when Krycek made a sudden and surprising appearance! I really like the way the characters made there mark, and who could forget the final scene between Krycek and Dogget? This is the best mythology episode ever made for season eight.

The last good episode of the series!!! (2002-08-07)

I'll make this short and to the point: This Is Not Happening is a stunning episode! It's fast paced and exciting, with an ending that leaves you breathless and teary-eyed. But from then on it's all downhill, in my opinion... I loathed most of season 8 (and 9 - its only redeeming factor the finale), but for 42 minutes my faith in the show and its writers came back when I watched TINH.The second part of the two-parter - DeadAlive - is worth watching, if not for anything else then for the reunion.

Karen, Copenhagen.

Gillian Anderson is Sensational (2002-01-08)

This is a great DVD. In the two episodes we get to see a really incredible performance ny Gillian Anderson (Scully). She gives us a performance worthy of every award she could get. The emotion she conveys on the screen literally rips your heart out, giving us a glimpse of what acting is really all about. Even if the X files isn't your usual cup of tea so to speak, I would urge you to watch this for Ms Anderson's performance alone, utterly amazing.

Mulder returns! (Don't know why he bothered.....) (2001-11-18)

"This Is Not Happenning" and "Deadalive" are two of the most important X-files episodes ever...good job they're excellent. The only problem comes in the form of "This Is Not Happenning". Y'see, its quite possibly one of the best x-files eps ever, and contender for best episode in Season 8. Its an emotional rollercoaster of a tale, featuring Gillian Anderson's best performance yet. "Deadalive", whilst still very good, can't quite live up to it's former, and the conclusion is slightly weak. Nevertheless, this is an excellent piece of mythology. David Duchovny's involvement is minimal. In fact, in the next three episodes from Season 8, you can't actually tell whether he's alive or not.....his acting is that poor!

worth buying for the collection (2001-09-10)

The first 45 minutes is a top episode of the X-Files with an amazing performance by Gillian Anderson. Not only do we get some great action but some eye-opening stuff towards the end. The second half is a little slower, focusing more on Scully and Mulder's relationship that has remained untouched until now. But since the episodes were in fact a triology on television, the video seems incomplete with an abrupt end.

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