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This movie has it's pros and cons. Even though it's a Cop movie, I like it. It builds up suspense and makes you question the motives of every character that isn't Morgan Freeman. On the other hand, the plot is over-the-top silly and contains some...
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This movie has it's pros and cons. Even though it's a Cop movie, I like it. It builds up suspense and makes you question the motives of every character that isn't Morgan Freeman. On the other hand, the plot is over-the-top silly and contains some of the most unrealistic modern-day computer software I've ever seen in a movie. There are also 3 or 4 decent action scenes that are awesome.

When it's good, it's pretty good. But when it's bad, you'll be rolling your eyes and saying 'Cummon!' For example, the villain kidnaps one child in a bizarre scheme to kidnap a second child, who's kidnapping will lead the villain into infamy, Lindberg-style. It doesn't make very much sense, but it's definitely original. The script-writers could've used somebody that has actually used "that magic-box" (a computer) before, as well as somebody to plug up the plotholes. But the twists are unexpected, and you'll want to rewatch the movie to follow the underlying plot. It's a good mystery, and I would recommend it to anybody who isn't a Morgan Freeman fan. (I'm not.)

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Posted jul 21, 2008 5:45 am pt

• [+] Washington Post
  
  80
  Freeman fills Cross's gumshoes with distinction.

  by Michael O'Sullivan | Read Full Review »
• [+] Portland Oregonian
  
  75
  The perfect thriller. Nothing too gross to creep you out.

  by Barry Johnson | Read Full Review »
• [+] Entertainment Weekly
  
  75
  Broody fun.

  by Lisa Schwarzbaum | Read Full Review »
• [+] Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  
  75
  It's a superior film in every way to its predecessor "Kiss the Girls."

  by William Arnold | Read Full Review »
• [+] Baltimore Sun
  
  63
  Best advice: Just sit back and watch Freeman anyway. The man's a cinematic treasure.

  by Chris Kaltenbach | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Tribune
  
  63
  Freeman gives his overwrought, over-familiar scenes an unlikely shot of intelligence and dignity that cuts through the formulas and almost makes them work.

  by Michael Wilmington | Read Full Review »
• [+] Miami Herald
  
  63
  A mediocre widget stamped straight out of the mold of the popular police procedural.

  by Curtis Morgan | Read Full Review »
• [+] USA Today
  
  50
  It's instantly devoured and quickly forgotten.

  by Susan Wloszczyna | Read Full Review »
• [+] Boston Globe
  
  50
  Efficient, but in the end quite pedestrian.

  by Jay Carr | Read Full Review »
• [+] Washington Post
  
  50
  A corkscrew of a thriller, has more twists than a tarantula with a permanent.

  by Rita Kempley | Read Full Review »
• [+] Los Angeles Times
  
  50
  A reasonably diverting albeit frequently improbable thriller.

  by Kenneth Turan | Read Full Review »
• [+] Film.com
  
  50
  As executive producer of the film, he (Freeman) clearly sees something in Alex Cross, a man much more interesting than the cheesy plot surrounding him.

  by Robert Horton | Read Full Review »
• [+] Chicago Sun-Times
  
  50
  A few loopholes I can forgive. But when a plot is riddled with them -- I get distracted.

  by Roger Ebert | Read Full Review »
• [+] New York Post
  
  50
  But even that talent (Freeman) isn't enough to distract you from the general predictability of Spider or the absurdity of its elaborate last-minute plot twists.

  by Jonathan Foreman | Read Full Review »
• [+] New York Daily News
  
  50
  The script is so ridiculous that nothing rings true.

  by Jami Bernard | Read Full Review »