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Alex Cross

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Alex Cross

PG-13

Released Oct 19, 2012

1h 41m

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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

... 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.

Rated: D

Sep 7, 2017

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Ben Kenigsberg

Time Out

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

Rated: 1/5

Nov 27, 2012

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David Edelstein

New York Magazine/Vulture

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

Oct 22, 2012

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

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

Rated: 0.5/4

Sep 23, 2022

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

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

Rated: 2/5

Aug 19, 2022

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

"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.

Rated: 2/5

Jun 26, 2022

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Stephen C

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

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

05/29/25

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Jelisije J

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

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

04/11/25

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Dan D

Wanted to watch a crime thriller and figured this would be okay. Couldn't stomach 5 minutes of this film because it was so dreadful. Yikes, that's 5 minutes I can't get back.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

04/11/25

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Thomas O

I was half way through reading all of the Cross Books when this came out and so excited for this show to come out. It was soooo off target from the books that it almost made me stop reading the series. I mean the plot was nothing like the book and we had to get the whole racial stuff in there like it is 2021 still. Not to mention why does everyone in hollywood want to make everything so dark you can barely see what the heck is going on

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

03/26/25

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Kurt N

I rented this movie based on the scene in which the Matthew Fox character shoots a rocket from the commuter train. Other than that, this movie is unadulterated crap! I have never seen a Matthew Perry film until this one. He is a terrible actor along with the rest of the ensemble. The screenwriters must have a taken too many hits to come with this haphazard screenplay. I feel sorry for Mr. Fox as he clearly lost a great deal of weight and worked his ass off in the weight room to achieve the physique he has in this movie.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

12/12/24

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Kevin K

Just another unoriginal detective series that quickly becomes predictable. There is no originality in the writing, acting or visualization. Don’t waste your time.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

11/29/24

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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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