In my opinion, Morgan Freeman is THE ideal actor for playing a detective. I think "Seven" alone proves his ability to play a believable crime detective quite well. "Kiss The Girls" was no exception, and niether is "Along Came A Spider." Freeman returns to his character of Alex Cross from "Kiss The Girls" and still does an awesome job in this one, but I'm afraid even Morgan Freeman couldn't have saved this one. Infact, without him this film probably would've been worse. "Along Came A Spider" definitly lacks the intrigue of other Freeman crime movies. This one just failed to capture my interest. I think the problem was that I was used to the creepy environments and the brutal murders that were strong in the previous Freeman movies. This one just lacked all that and the mystery. The many twists and turns at the end were definitly good and not obviously lead into, but still didn't make up for this movie's sluggishly methodical plot that is like most "Law & Order" episodes.
In my opinion, Morgan Freeman is THE ideal actor for playing a detective. I think "Seven" alone proves his ability to play a believable crime detective quite well. "Kiss The Girls" was no exception, and niether is "Along Came A Spider. " Freeman returns to his character of Alex Cross from "Kiss The Girls" and still does an awesome job in this one, but I'm afraid even Morgan Freeman couldn't have saved this one. Infact, without him this film probably would've been worse. "Along Came A Spider" definitly lacks the intrigue of other Freeman crime movies. This one just failed to capture my interest. I think the problem was that I was used to the creepy environments and the brutal murders that were strong in the previous Freeman movies. This one just lacked all that and the mystery. The many twists and turns at the end were definitly good and not obviously lead into, but still didn't make up for this movie's sluggishly methodical plot that is like most "Law & Order" episodes.