Along Came a Spider (2001)
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Cast
as Alex Cross
as Secret Service Agent Jezzie Flannigan
as Gary Soneji/Jonathan Mercuzio
as Megan Rose
as Katherine Rose
as Senator Hank Rose
as Special Agent Oliver `Ollie' MacArthur
as Dimitri Starodubov
as Secret Service Agent Ben Devine
as Agent Hickley
as FRI Special Agent Kyle Craig
as Floyd the Fisherman
as Jim
as Tracie
as Sam
as Bodyguard
as Mrs. Hume
as Amy Masterson
as Country Chief Campbell
as Reporter
as Reporter
as Reporter
as Reporter
as Reporter
as Reporter
as Hannah
as Kennedy
as Lermontov
as Medical Examiner
as Mathias
as Diplomatic Patrol Officer
as News Anchor
as News Anchor
as News Anchor
as News Co-Anchor
as News Co-Anchor
as Vickie
as Coast Guard Captain
as Watergate Employee
as McArthur Entourage Member
as McArthur Entourage Member
as McArthur Entourage Member
as McArthur Entourage Member
as D.C. Policeman
as Man Who Can't Answer Phone at Station
as Potentially Evil Guy on Train
Critic Reviews for Along Came a Spider
All Critics (125) | Top Critics (31) | Fresh (39) | Rotten (86) | DVD (8)
Freeman, as always, is a still center of dependable calm and intelligence, but Potter registers only as another generic blonde.
Even at half speed, Freeman excels: He knows how to whip out his badge at a crime scene and make it seem as if he had been doing it his whole life.
There are popcorn movies, and then there are movies like this one, which, by its conclusion, make you want to toss your empty popcorn bag at the screen.
Like a paperback plucked from a counter at an airport, Spider is an impulse buy of a film, a time killer that will neither tax your brain nor challenge your memory.
Gets tangled in its own web of absurdities.
Taken at face value, the film is entertaining, exciting at times and fun to watch.
Audience Reviews for Along Came a Spider
Alex: To be brutally honest, I think you have a morbid desire to burn in hell. "The game is far from over." Overall, Along Came a Spider is a average mystery thriller at best. The film is twisty, but not smart twisty; just twisty. Twists are something that, if used intelligently can add a lot to a film. They also can make decent movies bad, and bad movies unbearable. In Along Came a Spider's case; the twists didn't really elevate the movie, nor did they take away from it. If anything the lackluster twists fit in really well with everything else that was taking place. This follows a detective named Alex Cross, who gets a phone call from a man who just kidnapped a senators daughter. The kidnapper posed as a teacher at a prep school and snatched the girl one day, while the secret service was just late in catching him. A secret service member who worked at the school becomes Cross's partner as they try to piece together the kidnapper's motives and also where the girl is. There's no way to describe this movie other then saying it is a generic detective mystery. There's nothing new and exciting, but it is a decent time filler. The movie runs pretty smoothly and time passes at a good pace, but there's a lot missing to make this a truly good film. Morgan Freeman is good as Cross and does help the movie flow a lot better, though. In the end, I would disregard saying whether to watch this one or not. If you have nothing better to do on a boring afternoon and come across it, it's worth a look. If you never come across it, you also won't be missing much. It's not a must see, but if you do, you also won't be overly angered that this was how you spent your 100 minutes.
Super Reviewer
Good thriller with a good cast. A congressman's daughter is kidnapped for ransom. A forensic psychologist seeks out the kidnapper and girl. Interesting twist at the end.
Super Reviewer
Good acting from Freeman and Yelchin but that's pretty much the only good thing in this! Badly thought out film with a horribly predictive plot. Potter's performance was absolutely awful. Ending was plain and I did get the feeling that I was watching a sequel which I now know was part of a book series. I don't know if the book was as bad as this but if it was, the producer needs to be fired.
Super Reviewer
Along Came a Spider Quotes
| Alex Cross: | You do what you are, Jezzie. |
| Jezzie Flannigan: | You mean you are what you do? |
| Alex Cross: | No, I mean you do what you are. Everyone's born with a gift, and what you do with it depends on you. |
| Jezzie Flannigan: | And what if yo betray your gift? |
| Alex Cross: | Then you betray yourself. It's a sad thing |
| Alex Cross: | Then you betray yourself. It's a sad thing. |