Along Came a Spider (2001)

Thanks for the memories!

Lack of good storyline.

The movie is surprisingly subdued in its pacing, its characterizations, and its go-for-broke sensibilities.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

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-)

After a Cool Credit Sequence and a Kinetic Car Crash Opening Scene the Movie Descends into a Rather Lame and Pretentious Story that becomes Less Thrilling as things move along with No Sense of Style, a Dull Screenplay and Dialog, and just about Everything in This Thing keeps it from becoming a Thrilling Thriller.The First Alex Cross Movie, 'Kiss the Girls" (1997) was so much Better. Morgan Freeman returns here because the First Film was a Taut, Tight and Mysterious Success. It was Interesting, but this one is Not.Nothing seems to work. It's got a Decent Cast that cannot do anything to Save this Clunker. The Computer Stuff is Instantly Unbelievable to anyone who knows anything about Personal Computer Capabilities in 2001.There are Plenty of Twists and whether You care or not will depend on Your Tolerance for Weak and Woeful Scenes that Drag on and on before Anything intriguing Happens. Overall, Average or a bit Below. It's one of those that Starts out Strong and Suffers Exponentially as it Unreels.

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.

"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.