Regarded as the king of the American horror crime novel, James Patterson is the greatest best-selling author in the world. For his detective novel, James Patterson is famous for his Alex Cross series which has been put on the screen for twice. As the protagonist in this series, Dr. Alex Cross is black detective and psychologist living and working in the southeast Washington DC. Emotional, optimistic and intelligent, he is a good father and husband. For such a perfect person, the new film adaptation of Alex Cross has to make some changes because it is a little boring that a perfect person can incontrovertibly defeat the evil. In order to thrill the audience, this new story will let Dr. Alex Cross suffer from the death of the loved one and arouse his power of revenge.
Compared with the popular crime movies like The Bourne Identity and Mission: Impossible, the Alex Cross is a quiet traditional one. But you can not deny that it is a truly nice work.
As a famous detective and psychologist working for FBI, Dr. Alex Cross is specialized in investigating and detecting the big criminal case. Once day, a girl from Taiwan was found to be killed in a villa. And all of her private bodyguard can not survive. Undoubtedly, Dr. Alex Cross is ordered to take this case. During the investigation, he finds that this murder seems to be made by the serial killer called Michael Sullivan. Michael is experienced, cruel and cold-blooded. In order to provoke Alex Cross, Michael makes a warning call to Alex in his wedding anniversary and kills his wife. He determines to find out the true and capture Michael. But as the true is coming out, he finds that the case is close related to the politics and commerce. It will shock the whole world if it is exposed. What should Alex do now?
It is the first time for Tyler Perry to play a detective. As we know, Tyler Perry is famous for the comedy and cross-gender performance. But the new Alex Cross will show a different Tyler Perry. However, he has made a successful interpretation for James Patterson’s classic character. No matter you are a fan of James Patterson or Tyler Perry, just take the plunge.