Customer Ratings & Reviews

great movie lots of action. love me some tyler perry..

I like the author's books and the movie was well done.

Idris Elba was originally cast in the lead role. Apparently before the budget was cut dramatically. Had they stuck with that decision, this film could have been a great deal better. As it is, Tyler Perry is awful as the lead. Every scene with him speaking made me cringe. I knew this movie was a throw away when I read a producer's quote (after switching from Idris to Tyler) that said, "if you can get Will Smith or Tyler Perry, you do it"... Like Perry is in the same league as Will Smith when it comes to mass market, big budget films. Yes, he's had a fair amount of success, but in a very narrow range of film types.

I have read the entire Alex Cross series and I was so disappointed in the movie. Perry was good as Alex Cross, but how can Alex not have his life long friend Samson in the movie? And Cicely Tyson as Nana momma? She was a great actress in her day, but her slurred speech for Nana the retired demanding school teacher was a poor cast. I'm sorry I bought the movie. They need to do another movie and stay closer to the books.