This is the third Alex Cross movie that I’ve seen. The first two were Kiss The Girls and Along Came A Spider. I think of the three movies, this was the least of my favorites.
Don’t get me wrong. I liked Tyler Perry’s performance as Alex Cross. He puts on a great performance that you would see in a Bruce Willis movie. The difference to me is that that wasn’t the character that was in the other Patterson books.
I guess my main complaint was that while there was plenty of action which I did enjoy, the movie seemed predictable although I was completely surprised by the ending. Much of the plot was Picasso playing a professional assassin. The action moves well as we see a big gunfight between Cross and Picasso. Now the problem is that Cross is the only man who can recognize Picasso so Picasso has to kill him.
The movie was adopted from Patterson’s book but it was completely changed around from the movie. If anything, when I look at the book, I would be more interested in reading that since that has a plot with Cross’ partner, John Sampson.
In fact, as a Patterson fan, one of my favorite books was Four Blind Mice because it’s Sampson that plays the action packed hero. He is the character that works really well with Cross for this type of movie.
It’s hard for me why there are times when movies are created that are different from the book. This was an older book from 2006 and it seems to me that if people read it, then they may have forgotten about it.
The difference is that Cross is out of character in this book. Here, he’s an action packed character that is put into a movie with a simple plot: get the man who murdered his wife. Of course, we all know that this will lead to a big fight scene in the end.
My feeling is that they could have made this movie without using the series from Patterson. In fact, that is what they did here since the movie really has no relation to the series that Patterson wrote.
As a Patterson fan, I didn’t care for the movie. This is a fun, action packed movie with a nice surprise at the end. No real detective work like you would see in a Patterson novel. I’ll still give this movie 3-1/2 stars though.
Rick Holman
Don’t get me wrong. I liked Tyler Perry’s performance as Alex Cross. He puts on a great performance that you would see in a Bruce Willis movie. The difference to me is that that wasn’t the character that was in the other Patterson books.
I guess my main complaint was that while there was plenty of action which I did enjoy, the movie seemed predictable although I was completely surprised by the ending. Much of the plot was Picasso playing a professional assassin. The action moves well as we see a big gunfight between Cross and Picasso. Now the problem is that Cross is the only man who can recognize Picasso so Picasso has to kill him.
The movie was adopted from Patterson’s book but it was completely changed around from the movie. If anything, when I look at the book, I would be more interested in reading that since that has a plot with Cross’ partner, John Sampson.
In fact, as a Patterson fan, one of my favorite books was Four Blind Mice because it’s Sampson that plays the action packed hero. He is the character that works really well with Cross for this type of movie.
It’s hard for me why there are times when movies are created that are different from the book. This was an older book from 2006 and it seems to me that if people read it, then they may have forgotten about it.
The difference is that Cross is out of character in this book. Here, he’s an action packed character that is put into a movie with a simple plot: get the man who murdered his wife. Of course, we all know that this will lead to a big fight scene in the end.
My feeling is that they could have made this movie without using the series from Patterson. In fact, that is what they did here since the movie really has no relation to the series that Patterson wrote.
As a Patterson fan, I didn’t care for the movie. This is a fun, action packed movie with a nice surprise at the end. No real detective work like you would see in a Patterson novel. I’ll still give this movie 3-1/2 stars though.
Rick Holman