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Along came a spider

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Movie propaganda

The game is far from over.

Megan Rose (Mika Boorem) is kidnapped from an upper class Washington DC private school, and soon Doctor Alex Cross (Morgan Freeman) is on the case, teaming up with Secret Service Agent Jezzie Flannigan (Monica Potter), with clues pointing to the missing girl being connected to a streak of murders taking place in the city. All signs lead to someone by the name of Gary Soneji (Michael Wincott), who may be the greatest criminal mind cross has come up against yet...

Persons of interest

Morgan Freeman .... Alex Cross
Monica Potter .... Jezzie Flannigan
Michael Wincott .... Gary Soneji
Dylan Baker .... Ollie McArthur
Mika Boorem .... Megan Rose
Anton Yelchin .... Dimitri Starodubov
Kimberly Hawthorne .... Agent Hickley
Jay O Sanders .... Kyle Craig
Billy Burke .... Ben Devine
Michael Moriarty .... Senator Hank Rose
Penelope Ann Miller .... Elizabeth Rose
Anna Maria Horsford .... Vickie
Scott Heindl .... Floyd the Fisherman
Lewis Colick .... Screenwriter
Marc Moss .... Screenwriter
Lee Tamahori .... Director

Cinematic intelligence sources

Along came a spider official movie site
Studios and distributors:

Paramount Pictures

Intelligence analyst

Special Agent Matti

Theatrical report

Good old serial killer script #38, with plot twists #19, #22 and #41. Not that Along came a spider is a boring and predictable film, it's just that when a room full of people laugh out loud as each twist is revealed you know that your movie isn't being watched quite the way you expected.

Making the best of a small part is Mika, who is completely unfettered in her performance. Anton, with an even smaller role, has screen presence Tom Cruise would kill for (of course, if you count his miscarried unborn child, he did). Alex wanders through the starring role (written for a man a third of his age) with a few meaningful glances off camera while Monica does a mean Julia Roberts.

One of the oddest parts of Along came a spider is the death of Alex's partner in the exciting roller coaster opening. Why? It doesn't change his modus operandi and barely affects his modus vivandi. During the course of events it gets referred to once in passing and has no relevance to Alex and Jezzie teaming up. He didn't even have a partner in Kiss the girls.

But Along came a spider rolls along, throwing out clues and red herrings with gay abandon. As a mystery it doesn't quite match up to Miss Marple but it will have your brain turning round and round trying to figure things out.