Along Came a Spider 2001 by AverageMansReviews

Along Came a Spider 2001 by AverageMansReviews

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Where Spider-Man when you need him?: Briefly; when this young girl in daughter of a Senator gets kidnapped, incomes Dr. Alex Cross [Morgan Freeman:] it has been a while since we have seen him and as you will see things went extremely south on his last case, but he is still a forensic psychologist and alongside Secret Service Agent Jezzie Flannigan [Monica Potter:] she is good at her job, but this happened on her watch and hopefully they can resolve this case before it gets much worse, but very rarely go straightforward.

Generally speaking: the storyline/script and character developments are disappointing, because without giving too much away; but at the same time to make a point; it points to one individual straight away and a throwaway comment, but predominantly focuses on one individual right? Because we don't actually see any other possibility [Character building or any whiff of suggestion] before its time to do so and that is all I can say about it really without saying too much or giving anything away, yes we get the exposition on Dr. Cross at the beginning of this movie; so at the very least that is solid character developments. The framework and pacing as a stand-alone outlay for this 104 minutes film is good

Action and comedy; we have the standard do as I say tasks, chased down and guns being used, now I did find it funny when we had Dr. Cross heading into this hotel and go into reception he asks for this package or something to that effect; with this really dramatic background music we have this person behind this front desk looking for this mail, nice and slowly at this is a normal day at work and eventually this package rings; I know it doesn't come from authentic comedy, just as this scene is perceived by me.

Character developments and performances; as yet again stand-alone character developments and performances they are all solidly good; in particular the two performers I have all you mentioned in the storyline section and now including the performer; Michael Wincott; this trio do a lot for this film, yes usually I would have awarded another mark, but then again I had to take off the mark because of what I referenced earlier without giving too much away.

This film receives: 6/10, this film is good; I am just disappointed that it couldn't somewhat as a viewer solve-a-long, or have multiple suspects regardless of false or true; it doesn't matter, as long as you have suspects to a certain extent that is what matters, so you don't end up with in essence this really dry film which if you haven't seen it like myself until now; it in its entirety is very deserving of this mark, could have been a bit more better than what it is, there is an ongoing sequence underneath the ending credits This film has some awards accredited to its name such as 1 Winner BMI Film & TV Awards 2002 BMI Film Music Award Jerry Goldsmith and 1 Nominee Image Awards (NAACP) 2002  Image Award Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture Morgan Freeman