The False Promise of More Gore: When Franchise Revival Fails to Deliver When reviving a beloved franchise, there's often a temptation to go big or go home.
For Chris Carter and his team, this meant revisiting The X Files: I Want to Believe with a fresh coat of paint – more specifically, a lot more blood and gore.
The addition of extra violence is certainly attention grabbing, but beneath the surface lies the same lackluster storytelling that critics panned the original for in 2008.