Along Came a Spider Page #6

Synopsis: Detective/psychologist Alex Cross loses his partner in an out of control 'bust.' He stops working and cannot forgive himself. He is drawn back to work reluctantly when a senator's daughter is kidnapped and the kidnapper seems to want to deal with Alex personally.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Lee Tamahori
Production: Paramount Pictures
  1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.3
Metacritic:
42
Rotten Tomatoes:
31%
R
Year:
2001
104 min
$73,587,034
Website
1,625 Views


And so were we.

Details are still emerging,

but this much is clear:

The manhunt that began over a

week ago in the nation's capitol...

- came to a violent end yesterday,

- [Clattering]

With the death of kidnapper,

Gary Soneji.

[Jezzie]

Don't move.

Turn around.

Hands on the wall. Feet apart.

Hi, Jez.

Where'd you come from?

You know something, Devine,

you're pretty stupid.

Your car in the driveway.

TV so loud, you wouldn't be able

to hear a SWAT team come in.

- What are you doing...

- Shut up!

[Both Laughing]

Where's Megan?

She's in the barn.

She was so doped up,

I don't think she knew

I took her off the boat.

She's still alive? You were

supposed to dump her in the river...

- after you got the diamonds.

- Yeah, well,

maybe killing a kid is something

I'm not prepared to do on my own.

Anyway, today, tomorrow, it's still

gonna look like Soneji killed her.

She can't die

after Soneji, you idiot.

It doesn't make any difference.

They're never gonna find the body.

Okay, I'll go do it now.

Will that make you happy?

Yeah, it would. Wait!

Can I see them?

Hey, do you realize

we spent an entire year...

following Soneji's

every move?

I think

we deserve these.

That beats the hell out of

a Secret Service pension, huh?

Profiling the profiler.

Kidnap from the kidnapper.

That's brilliant.

You are a genius, Jez.

Genius has nothing to do with it.

I'm just good at what I do.

Didn't hurt that everyone else

involved was a complete half-wit.

You think Alex Cross

is a half-wit?

You really believe that

he shot Soneji to save my life?

Cross pulled the trigger because

he knew Soneji didn't have Megan.

What are you saying?

I'm saying that sooner or later,

he's gonna figure it out.

He already knows Soneji

didn't run the ransom.

He's onto us already,

isn't he?

No, he's not onto us.

But I think

he's onto you.

[Beeps]

[Computer Beeps]

It's Turkish. My daddy won it

in a game of poker.

That's about as much

as I know about my father.

[Beeps]

[Straining]

Megan?

Megan, it's me, honey.

Jezzie?

Jezzie?

Jezzie, Jezzie,

I'm in here! Jezzie!

Open up, honey. I'm gonna

take you home. It's all over.

Yeah, sure,

just hold on a second.

[Straining]

- Jezzie?

- Yeah, honey.

What happened

to that other guy?

He's dead, Megan.

You're safe now.

Open up.

- Jezzie?

- Yeah, honey.

Why isn't there

anyone else with you?

Megan, it's me. Don't be

scared of me. Open the door.

Megan, I'm gonna ask you

one more time to open the door.

- Right now, open the door!

- [Kicks Door]

Megan, open the door

for me.

Listen to me!

Open the door!

- [Kicking Door]

- Megan, open the f***ing door!

Open it, b*tch!

- [Gunshot]

- [Screams]

Stop it! No!

[Screams]

Stop it!

[Breathing Heavily]

[Whimpering]

That was very clever,

Megan.

[Straining,

Whimpering]

- [Muffled Screams]

- Shh, shh, shh.

Jezzie?

It's over.

Drop the gun.

Alex...

how-how did you, um...

Aces and eights, Jezzie.

Plus, your timing

was a little off.

I watched the tapes.

You and Devine could have

stopped Soneji at the school.

Just like you could have stopped

him at the Russian Embassy.

But you had

a different agenda.

You know something, Alex?

When you said,

"You do what you are,"

you were right.

I'm living proof.

Put the gun down, Jezzie.

Would you kill

another partner?

You're not my partner.

[Whimpering]

Are you all right?

You're a very brave girl,

Megan.

Who are you?

I'm a policeman.

My name is Alex Cross.

I'm a friend

of your parents.

Can you take me to them?

Nothing would give me

greater pleasure.

Could you...

Ah, thanks.

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Marc Moss

Marc Moss is an American screenwriter raised in Norfolk, Virginia. He received his BA from the University of Chicago and his MFA from Columbia University School of the Arts. Moss was credited with the feature films Along Came a Spider (2001), starring Morgan Freeman and Monica Potter, and Alex Cross (2012), starring Tyler Perry and Matthew Fox. He has also doctored numerous films including Kiss the Girls (1997), starring Ashley Judd and Morgan Freeman; Runaway Jury (2003), featuring John Cusack and Academy Award winners Dustin Hoffman and Gene Hackman; Shooter (2007), starring Mark Wahlberg; and Homefront (2014), starring Jason Statham and James Franco. more…

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