Along Came a Spider (2001)

I saw this on CATV, and I missed the opening sequence. Went back and saw it later, and it's laughable. But the rest of this flick is great. It's well done and suspenseful. Every actor is great, especially Morgan Freeman, of course, and the lovely lady, played by Monica Potter. The story actually makes sense. They made a great movie out of what was probably a pretty bad book. Have not read it. Can't usually wade through James Patterson's stuff. See this one. It's fun.

When a congressman's daughter under Secret Service protection is kidnapped from a private school, detective Alex Cross investigates the case even though he's recovering from the loss of his partner. Although i do understand why Along Came a Spider failed to impress critics and fans alike i still think it's an effective full of suspense thriller with a great performance by Morgan Freeman plus it does have a nice edited 3rd act full of plot twists with who the true kidnapper is and yeah sure it does have some plot holes or some flaws within the story but it's still a pretty good film with great suspense, performances especially from Freeman and also a really good soundtrack that feels like a classic 90's thriller. (A-)

Obviously Hollywood types have to pay their bills too. I'm pretty sure that's the only reason this turkey was made. Morgan Freeman did his best, I'm sure, but he wasn't given much to work with. The rest of the cast? Meh...With just about every kidnapping movie cliché' written in and outright ripoffs of a dozen other shows (the running from phone to phone sequence being lifted in toto from Clint Eastwood's first "Dirty Harry")it's surprising that the writers were still able to keep the script as tension and interest free as they did.The plot holes are so freaking enormous as to make one start screaming at the screen halfway through. The whole effort is clearly a miss.

here is director lee Tamahori who has done some good action films like xxx die another day he directs this film that has some very good twist and turns and who is who so he has created a good triller so we have Morgan freeman back as Alex cross from kiss the girls he can be seen with his partner getting ready for a raid but as it happens the raid gets out of control and his partner in the car get hit and she dies Alex feeling responsibility he retires but a child who is being watched and groomed by a catch a psycho who abducts the child of a prominent family. The film is aimed at viewers who like crime puzzles and mind games. There's lots of action and dark suspense.Detective/psychologist Alex Cross and his partner Jezzie Flannigan who is played by Monica potter so with twisted plot starts in a school with the security at the school at top notch the senators daughter is there Gary Soneji who is played by a very good Michael Wincott who is a teacher plots his move with help of others as he uses computers to play mind games into his layer he so as the school realizes there has been a kidnapping the school closes as Alex comes to help he has keen sense for clues and finds the next clue on the hunt for Gary soneji but as he moves closer to the truth the answer is closer to him as he thinks so as Alex gets closes in soneji gives him clues is Alex running into a dead end as soneji keeps ahead but does Alex find the girl in time to rescue her great acting all round Along Came A Spider" does have entertainment value, derived from its suspenseful action, and cloak and dagger intrigue, enhanced by excellent cinematography and good set design above average score 8.10 a short but clever film at 1hr38mins this is my 93 review