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Morgan Freeman reprises the role of Detective Alex Cross (which he began in Kiss the Girls) for this slightly superior sequel involving the kidnapping of a senator’s daughter for ransom. At first, I was excited to see that Michael Wincott (The Crow) was playing the kidnapper — I often wonder why we don’t see more of Wincott in the movies. Unfortuantely, he’s a bit subdued in the role, and his moment in the spotlight is relatively short-lived. Monica Potter does an admirable job as Cross’ partner-of-sorts, a role that is thankfully far removed from Ashley Judd’s role in the first film. There are some genuine twists I enjoyed in Along Came a Spider, so the less you know about the movie, the more you might enjoy it. With Dylan Baker, Michael Moriarty, Penelope Ann Miller, and in one of his first big-screen appearances, Anton Yelchin (Chekov in J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek reboot). Based on the novel by James Patterson.

On a side note, this film features one of the worst computer-generated car crashes in film history.