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Production Year: 2001 - Thriller - Director: Lee Tamahori - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over more

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The redoubtable Morgan Freeman returns as Washington, DC police detective Alex Cross, the master profiler, in an exciting thriller based on James Patterson's novel, ALONG CAME A...
more...SPIDER. The film is actually a prequel to the box office blockbuster KISS THE GIRLS. Here, Cross is pursuing a brilliantly twisted kidnapper who's holding the daughter of a U.S. senator. When the kidnapper, Gary Soneji (the effectively sinister character actor, Michael Wincott), who had posed as a schoolteacher for two years before making his move, contacts Cross and taunts him, but makes no demands for money, Cross starts to piece together a psychological profile. With the help of a clever and beautiful Secret Service agent, Jezzie Flannigan (Monica Potter), Cross begins his investigation of the bizarrely elaborate and ruthless crime. But as is usual with Patterson's work, just when Cross (and the audience) thinks everything is resolved, a stunning twist unfolds. Acclaimed director Lee Tamahori (THE EDGE, ONCE WERE WARRIORS) is adept at staging the action, including a tense chase through Union Station during rush hour, and Freeman's pensive presence lends an extra level of gravity to this darkly entertaining thriller.





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Arachnophobia
A review by revboy on Along Came A Spider (Wide Screen)
May 25th, 2001


Author's product rating:   Along Came A Spider (Wide Screen) - rated by revboy

Did you enjoy it? Indifferent to it 
Story Good 
Characters / Performances Unmemorable 
Special Effects Unmemorable 
How does it compare to similar films? Satisfactory 

Advantages: Great start, taught viewing
Disadvantages: Feels like a rewrite of another movie .  .  .

Recommend to potential buyers: yes 

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Along Came A Spider... dark, involving, utterly dull.
Freeman is able to do this kind of thing in his sleep, and in this case, it really feels as if he is. The plot is extremely remeniscent of Kiss The Girls (by the same author,and boy does it feel like it,) and Freeman's prescence as the worldweary cop dragged out of retirement etc. is getting a little stale, frankly.
That aside, the movie slopes along quite amiably, with thriller staples thrown in at the requisite points. The occasional tense moment, and a believable baddie help keep the pace moving, but the overall impression is slightly stagnant. Add a final twist which smacks of having been rewritten, and you have the perfect high-gloss DTV product, not the popcorn fodder we expect from this genre.
Promises much, delivers satisfaction. But it could have been so much more. 
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How does it compare to others by the same director? Unmemorable 
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