Alex Cross

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Alex Cross

PG-13

2012

1h 41m

Action

Mystery & Thriller

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Alex Cross (Tyler Perry) works as a detective/psychologist for the Detroit Police Department along with his lifelong friend, Tommy Kane (Edward Burns), and detective Monica Ashe (Rachel Nichols). Cross' latest case puts him on a collision course with Picasso (Matthew Fox), a cunning serial killer whose ultimate target is multinational industrialist Giles Mercier (Jean Reno). Cross must find a way inside Picasso's head not only to catch the killer but also to stem the violent urges Cross feels.

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Critics Consensus

Tyler Perry and Matthew Fox do their best, but they're trampled by Rob Cohen's frustrating direction and a tasteless, lazily written screenplay.

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Candice Frederick

Reel Talk Online

Sep 7, 2017

D

... Alex Cross is certainly the weakest of the series, which reportedly will continue with Perry in the next film. God help us all. We can only hope for the best with that one.

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Ben Kenigsberg

Time Out

Nov 27, 2012

1/5

[Perry] has rarely been less convincing than when locking and loading from his home arsenal or dangling from a decaying Detroit edifice.

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David Edelstein

New York Magazine/Vulture

Oct 22, 2012

Alex Cross is coarse, punishing, and, in all the ways that matter, conscienceless ...

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Sep 23, 2022

0.5/4

This is an agonizingly unoriginal yarn about another wise detective hunting another ruthless sociopath.

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

Aug 19, 2022

2/5

Some ingredients are there for what could’ve been a good movie. But the ingredients themselves don’t equal a fine dish.

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

Jun 26, 2022

2/5

"Alex Cross" is a lazy and uninspired attempt. Patterson's readers will tell you, the title character is a ripe and rich literary character with many incredible stories and thrilling stories to tell. He deserves better than this uneven effort.

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Nicholas K

@RT30180220 14 hrs ago

Blackity black black. You know how it goes. Hero black dude, evil white man, dog shit dialogue…Even a wheel chair lawyer (not a black one, they’re only in the positions of power). Tyler Perry cop/scary movie type. *update* OH SHIT IT IS TYLER PERRY! I FN TOLD YALL!!!!! They switched it to the series!! HHahhahaha. Wild

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Susan T

@RT91750568 Aug 23, 2026

Predictable. Sadistic killer and a cop out for revenge. The series deserves better.

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thiago S

@Thiagostone Mar 25, 2026

Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom

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Brenden D

@WestWardReviews Jun 30, 2025

"YOU HAVE A VERY GENERIC SCRIPT" Not Bad But Not Good. This film is very by numbers with one of the biggest cliches in the whole Cat-And-Mouse Game. Once this becomes "Rogue Cop On A Revenge Quest", it's as Paint-By-Numbers as you can get. Absoultely nothing ground-breaking or interesting. The line "You have a very pretty wife" from the trailer takes away any shock and feels likes something anyone could write. D+/C- 4.83/10 If you were ever curious about this but felt like you knew what happens, Save Your Time, you probably do.

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Stephen C

@bob25009 May 29, 2025

Tyler Perry's worst movie in 1 hour and 41 minutes!!!!!!!!!

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Jelisije J

@jjosifovic Apr 11, 2025

Everything works well but Tyler Perry is the main problem with this surprisingly decent film.

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Picasso

Edward Burns

Thomas Kane

Rachel Nichols

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Synopsis

Alex Cross (Tyler Perry) works as a detective/psychologist for the Detroit Police Department along with his lifelong friend, Tommy Kane (Edward Burns), and detective Monica Ashe (Rachel Nichols). Cross' latest case puts him on a collision course with Picasso (Matthew Fox), a cunning serial killer whose ultimate target is multinational industrialist Giles Mercier (Jean Reno). Cross must find a way inside Picasso's head not only to catch the killer but also to stem the violent urges Cross feels.

Director: Rob Cohen
Producer: Bill Block, Paul Hanson, James Patterson, Steve Bowen, Randall Emmett, Leopoldo Gout
Screenwriter: Marc Moss, Kerry Williamson
Distributor: Summit Entertainment
Production Co: Emmett/Furla Films, James Patterson Entertainment, Block/Hanson
Rating: PG-13 (Drug References|Disturbing Images|Violence|Language|Nudity|Sexual Content)
Genre: Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 19, 2012, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 14, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $25.9M
Runtime: 1h 41m
Sound Mix: Datasat, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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