Along Came a Spider (2001)

	Directed by: Lee Tamahori	COUNTRY USA GENRE Thriller/Crime NORWEGIAN TITLE Fanget i mørket RUNNING TIME 103 minutes
	Produced by: David Brown Joe Wizan Morgan Freeman Marty Hornstein
	Written by (based on the novel by James Patterson): Marc Moss

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Alex Cross	Morgan Freeman
Jezzie Flannigan	Monica Potter
Gary Soneji/The Spider	Michael Wincott	½
Ollie McArthur	Dylan Baker
Megan Rose	Mika Boorem
Ben Devine	Billy Burke	½
Dimitri Starodubov	Anton Yelchin
Kyle Craig	Jay O. Sanders
Senator Hank Rose	Michael Moriarty
Elizabeth Rose	Penelope Ann Miller

Review

Where 1997's Kiss the Girls – the first film about detective Alex Cross (created by novelist James Patterson, played by Morgan Freeman) – had a certain level of class and an interesting script, this sequel (of sorts) is guilty of nearly every possible sin in this context. Firstly, the plot is ridiculous from the start, even before the many twists and loopholes appear to muddle it further. Secondly, the psycho, as played by the fast waning Michael Wincott, is reduced to a plot puppet with no psychological profile at all – which is particularly unfortunate considering Cross's expertise as a profiler. And thirdly, the film is so poorly directed that it's hard to believe it comes form the same man who made the impressive Once Were Warriors. Morgan Freeman tries his best to lend the film some sobriety and style, but there's only so much he can do in these surroundings.

Copyright © 28.06.2011 Fredrik Gunerius Fevang

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