Along Came a Spider

2001 "The game is far from over."
6.4| 1h44m| R| en
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After the harrowing death of his partner, detective and best-selling author Alex Cross has retreated to the peace of retirement. But when a brilliant criminal kidnaps a senator's young daughter, Alex is lured back into action. Teamed with the Secret Service agent assigned to protect the missing girl, Alex follows a serpentine trail of clues that leads him to a stunning discovery - the kidnapper wants more than just ransom.

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Cathardincu Surprisingly incoherent and boring
Steineded How sad is this?
Rosie Searle It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.
Kimball Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.
tallblondeandfun I saw this a long time ago and recently rewatched it. The ending still surprised me. Definitely a classic!
George Aar 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.
2karl- 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
Minahzur Rahman "Along came a spider" was a good thriller film. It was certainly much better than the disappointing "Kiss the Girls" film – a film which was pretty predictable, but what makes "Along came a spider" stand-out are its twists and turns. The film is some mystery – no doubt, and is certainly worth watching for movie lovers.The story is about a forensic psychologist named Alex Cross (Morgan Freeman) who retires after a disastrous sting operation that resulted in the death of his partner. He immediately retires after that tragedy, but later, he is pretty much drawn back to the police force again after a congressman daughter named Megan Ross (Mika Boorem) is kidnapped at school by a 'teacher'. This kidnapper then drags Alex (Morgan) into this by placing the shoe of the girl in his mailbox. Then, Alex (Morgan) along with Jezzie Flannigan (Monica Potter) presumably Alex's (Morgan) new partner must find out where Megan Rose (Mika) is; who kidnapped her? WHY?Like I've said, it's a good film with lots of twist and turns and that was one of the major reasons I enjoyed this film. This film made me jump off my couch with one of its twists. The film no doubt gets you intrigued: it is a film certainly worth watching. Morgan Freeman role as Alex Cross was simply brilliant in this movie: I don't think any other actor was capable of this performance.I give this thriller of a film a deserved 8, but only JUST. It's a film worth watching for sure.