Alex Cross (2012)

A homicide detective is pushed to the brink of his moral and physical limits as he tangles with a ferociously skilled serial killer who specializes in torture and pain.

Director:

Rob Cohen

Writers:

Marc Moss (screenplay), Kerry Williamson (screenplay),

Stars:

Tyler Perry, Edward Burns, Matthew Fox

3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tyler Perry	...	Alex Cross
Edward Burns	...	Thomas Kane
Matthew Fox	...	Picasso
Jean Reno	...	Leon Mercier
Carmen Ejogo	...	Maria Cross
Cicely Tyson	...	Nana Mama
Rachel Nichols	...	Monica Ashe
John C. McGinley	...	Captain Richard Brookwell
Werner Daehn	...	Erich Nunemacher
Yara Shahidi	...	Janelle Cross
Sayeed Shahidi	...	Damon Cross
Bonnie Bentley	...	Detective Jody Klebanoff
Stephanie Jacobsen	...	Fan Yau Lee
Giancarlo Esposito	...	Daramus Holiday
Chad Lindberg	...	Chemist

Storyline

Dr. Alex Cross is on his last police duty to track down an assassin called Picasso, who's been torturing and killing rich businessmen in Detroit. Soon when the mission gets personal, Cross is pushed to the edge of his moral and psychological limits to end this once and for all.

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Plot Keywords:

detective | serial killer | assassin | torture | police | 

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Taglines:

Don't Ever Cross Alex Cross

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for violence including disturbing images, sexual content, language, drug references, and nudity

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English German

Release Date:

19 October 2012 (USA)

Also Known As:

Cross

Filming Locations:

USA

Box Office

Budget:

$35,600,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$11,396,768 (USA) (19 October 2012)

Gross:

$25,863,915 (USA) (28 December 2012)

Company Credits

Production Co:

QED International, Block / Hanson, Emmett/Furla Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min

Sound Mix:

Datasat Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the Alex Cross novels, Alex's best friend and partner is John Sampson. However, in the movie, Alex's best friend and partner is Tommy Kane.

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Goofs

The use of the name "Paramita Megawati" is not common in Indonesia. "Paramita" and "Megawati" is the name commonly used for a first name or a nickname, but not to be combined into one name intact.

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Quotes

Chemist: I want my lawyer.
Alex Cross: I am your lawyer.

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Connections

Referenced in Chelsea Lately: Episode #7.52 (2013)

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Soundtracks

"I, Alex Cross (Only God Can Judge Me)"
Written and Produced by Christian Mathis (as Christian "Trick-Trick" Mathis)
Performed by Christian Mathis (as Trick Trick) and Dina Rae Franks
Courtesy of Trick Trick Music (BMI) and Purple Diva Music (BMI)

User Reviews

Move over, "Plan 9 From Outer Space"

This is hands down one of the worst movies I have ever seen in my life, and I've seen a boatload of lousy movies. Both the dialog and plotting are hackneyed beyond description--not one original idea or twist, and not a single exchange that feels genuine. It's the kind of childishly obvious genre rehash in which you can tell who's going to be killed just by the relative one-dimensionality of their characters. Matthew Fox, who clearly dropped his body fat to zero for this film, will one day look back and regret all those months he went without a decent meal, because a) the movie is terrible, and b) his portrayal of a psychotic killer is ultimately a study in cliché. Ed Burns furrows his brow convincingly enough, but his easygoing charm has nowhere to go here. Likewise John McGinley, whose neurotic fatalism seems plucked from an entirely different and more lighthearted police procedural being filmed down the street. And then there's Tyler Perry, who expends so much energy in a futile attempt to project faux masculinity and criminological gravitas that he apparently has nothing left for tangential stuff like changing his facial expression once in a while. Perry can thank his lucky stars he's already a Hollywood fixture, because If this were his first movie, he'd never get another offer--truly, he's that bad.