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Along Came a Spider

Along Came a Spider is a sort of sequel to "Kiss the Girls". Morgan Freeman is police Detective Alex Cross and this time he is pulled into a kidnapping case. A teacher has kidnapped a congressman's daughter right out from under the nose of her Secret Service protector. The kidnapper wants Alex involved in the case and sets a series of clues out to string him along and keep him involved. Alex enlists the aid of the failed Secret Service agent so that she can redeem herself. Alex knows all too well how the guilt of failing someone can really gnaw at a person. He is still getting over the loss of a partner as he begins to work with the agent.

Following in the footsteps of an already well established film automatically opens up comparisons between "Along Came a Spider" and "Kiss the Girls". In this respect Along Came a Spider does not measure up. Along Came a Spider has a plot with a fair bit of twisting and turning and certainly some big surprises, but a lot of it seems borrowed from other movies. The real problem is that the film does not transcend or rise above those parts. Either the acting or the directing is off because plot aside the story is still pretty emotionally flat. There isn't a lot of explanation as to what goes on either and it makes it feel as is if something is missing.

In the beginning of the film there is an incredible special effects scene. Afterward there isn't much in the way of effects. It seems like some kind of tease. The film has quite good interior sets. The exterior locations are pretty average though they have fair enough atmospheric conditions. The musical score was fairly efficient at its work. The lyrical soundtrack was uncommentable if there even was one. Along Came a Spider is something of a disappointment.

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Bob Male)

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( Thank you for reading my review.
Bob Male)

All ideas, opinions, and information are from the reviewer and are not representative of any company or group involved with the creators and/or staff of the materials being reviewed.