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Along Came a Spider

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2001

Release Year

104 min

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Crime
Mystery
Thriller
Action

Overview

After the harrowing death of his partner, forensic psychologist and best-selling author Alex Cross cannot forgive himself and has retreated to the peace of retirement. But when a brilliant criminal kidnaps a senator's young daughter, he is lured back into action as the kidnapper wants to deal with Alex personally. Teamed with Jezzie Flanigan, 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.

Keywords

based on novel or book
detective
fbi
teacher
psychologist
psychological thriller
whodunit
cat and mouse
secret service
child kidnapping
u.s. senator
ransom demand
u.s. secret service agent
retired detective
young abducted girl
psychological detective
psychological profiling

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Reviews(3)

6.0avg rating
Wuchak

Wuchak

June 20, 2020

5
5/10

_**Good, but farfetched with an eye-rolling ‘big reveal’**_ D.C. forensic psychologist Alex Cross (Morgan Freeman) investigates when a senator’s daughter is kidnapped from a private school by a man obsessed with the infamous Lindbergh abduction (Michael Wincott). A secret service agent at the sch…

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

September 6, 2022

6
6/10

Morgan Freeman is psycho-detective "Cross" who has retreated from his work after an operation went awry, killing his wife. Shortly after, the daughter of a senator (Michael Moriarty) is kidnapped by one of her teachers, and when he calls "Cross" to lure him back into the business the game is afoot. …

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Andre Gonzales

Andre Gonzales

@SoSmooth1982

July 7, 2023

7
7/10

Easily in the top 10. Probably the best mystery thriller I've ever.

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