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Along Came a Spider (2001)

April. 06,2001
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6.4
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R
| Action Thriller Crime Mystery
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After the harrowing death of his partner, detective and best-selling author Alex Cross has retreated to the peace of retirement. But when a brilliant criminal kidnaps a senator's young daughter, Alex is lured back into action. Teamed with the Secret Service agent assigned to protect the missing girl, Alex follows a serpentine trail of clues that leads him to a stunning discovery - the kidnapper wants more than just ransom.

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Colibel
2001/04/06

Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

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Listonixio
2001/04/07

Fresh and Exciting

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Console
2001/04/08

best movie i've ever seen.

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Billy Ollie
2001/04/09

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

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Leftbanker
2001/04/10

¡¡Spoilers Ahead!! As bad as I think this movie is, and I think it's horrible, there is no denying that Morgan Freeman flies above it all. He almost single-handedly saves this thing, but not quite.Wow, the opening scene was so incredibly freaking awful that there is no way this thing could redeem itself. Why didn't she just tell the guy to pull over and she would blow his brains out? No pun intended. Instead the car flies off a precipice of gargantuan dimensions. Kind of reminded me of the over-kill in the scene from The Naked Gun where the guy falls and then is run over by a steam roller and then a full marching band. That time it was funny; this time it was really stupid.But wait, it gets even worse in the next scene. Mr. Soneji works as a teacher for two years to pull off his crime? Makes about zero sense. What if the kid transfers to a new school or gets kicked out for turning tricks? Happens all the time in rich kid academies. He fakes a Brit accent for two years? The female agent kicks in what looks to be a really solid door. Have you ever tried that? Almost impossible. The agents run out on to a busy street and just point their weapons randomly? He's a madman with a yacht…and a huge flat. How did he swing for a fabulous place and a $100,000 boat? On a teacher's salary?Absolutely everything about this was just too stupid to consider.

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adonis98-743-186503
2001/04/11

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-)

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nishantu
2001/04/12

Great movie."When you said you do what you are".The way Morgan freeman says it defines the entire movie.Suspense ,thrill ,action .You just don't get bored at all.The movie offers you so much be it great acting ,exceptional screenplay and a great story line.Of course it has its own glitches where a police officer is more capable than the entire FBI but then again if every thing was realistic in our movies they wont be called works of fiction.Its definitely worth a watch and its just not a "kill time" movie.Go for it!Highly underrated going by the ratings it has received!

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Minahzur Rahman
2001/04/13

"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.

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