A lawman is torn between justice and personal vengeance in this action drama. Alex Cross (Tyler Perry) is a detective and forensic psychologist who works for the Detroit Police Department with his partner Tommy Kane (Edward Burns) and promising rookie Monica Ashe (Rachel Nichols). While Cross is dedicated to his work, he’s just as committed to his home life, and is excited to learn he and his wife Maria (Carmen Ejogo) will be welcoming a third child.
When a wealthy and well-connected woman is found dead and partially dismembered in her mansion, police chief Richard Brookwell (John C. McGinley) assigns Cross and his team to the case, and they soon find themselves playing a cat and mouse game with a nameless psychotic (Matthew Fox) with a taste for torture and a grudge against some of the Motor City’s wealthiest citizens.
Clues point to French financier Leon Mercier (Jean Reno) as the killer’s ultimate victim, but Cross and his team suspect Mercier has a secret he isn’t willing to share, and the case becomes a personal obsession for Cross when the maniac first kills Monica and then Maria.
Alex Cross is a 2012 American crime thriller film directed by Rob Cohen and starring Tyler Perry as the title character and Matthew Fox as the villain Picasso. The adapted screenplay was written by Marc Moss and Kerry Williamson. It is based on the novel Cross by James Patterson and the third installment of the Alex Cross film series, which was considered as a reboot of the series. The title character was previously portrayed by Morgan Freeman in Kiss the Girls (1997) and Along Came a Spider (2001). Unlike the previous films, which were distributed by Paramount Pictures, the film was released by Lionsgate Films on October 19, 2012.
The film opened in 2,539 theaters in North America, grossing $11,396,768 during its first weekend, with an average of $4,489 per theater, and ranking #5 at the box office. The film ultimately earned $25,888,412 domestically and $8,730,455 internationally, for a total of $34,618,867, on a $35 million production budget.
Alex Cross (2012)
Directed by: Rob Cohen
Starring: Tyler Perry, Matthew Fox, Rachel Nichols, Jean Reno, Carmen Ejogo, Cicely Tyson, Edward Burns, Yara Shahidi, John C. McGinley, Werner Daehn, Bonnie Bentley, Stephany Jacobsen
Screenplay by: Marc Moss, Kerry Williamson
Production Design by: Laura Fox
Cinematography by: Ricardo Della Rosa
Film Editing by: Matthew Diezel, Thom Noble
Costume Design by: Abigail Murray
Set Decoration by: Gabriella Villarreal
Art Direction by: Charles Varga
Music by: John Debney
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for violence including disturbing images, sexual content, language, drug references, and nudity.
Distributed by: Summit Entertainment, Lionsgate Films
Release Date: October 19, 2012
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