A Ghoul Versus Alex Cross (Part 2)

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Alex and Tommy meet up, but they must have taken a wrong turn as they're suddenly in a Mission Impossible movie as they break into the police station THEY WORK AT by climbing onto the roof and knocking out its security system. Tommy uses a blowtorch to cut through a barred window so they can gain access, and then viciously knocks out a cop that spots them. GOOD GOD THE STUPID. They're cops that WORK AT THE POLICE STATION, there is absolutely no reason they had to break their way in and probably give one of their fellow coworkers brain damage besides the fact it gave us a scene that looked mildly cool. Rob Cohen!

So what are they doing at the place they work at anyway? They're raiding an evidence room, which they could have TOTALLY gained easy access to seeing as how they're homicide detectives, but WHATEVER. I didn't puzzle over this too much, as I was distracted by the presence of a Lightning McQueen toy sitting on one of the evidence shelves and started making up my own story as to what kind of crime was committed with it.

A Ghoul Versus Alex Cross (Part 1)

“Don't Cross Alex Cross... or he'll make you watch this movie!”

You may not know this, I certainly didn't, but Alex Cross is the latest in the Hollywood craze of rebooting older franchises with a hip and younger cast. The franchise in question is the Alex Cross series, consisting of the movies Kiss The Girls and Along Came A Spider, which starred Morgan Freeman as the eponymous police detective/psychologist. Despite my love for Freeman, I've never seen either because Ashley Judd was in one of them and A GHOUL CAN'T STAND ASHLEY JUDD.

I've never read any of the books the series is based on either, so I have no idea how loyal they are but I'm going to go out on a crazy limb and guess “not very”. I know this movie is loosely based on the twelfth book of the series, because if there's one thing Hollywood is awesome at it's adapting books out of order.

Announced in 2010, Alex Cross was originally going to be a VERY different movie. It was going to star the ridiculously awesome Idris Elba, who took the role based off the “phenomenal” script it had. It was going to be directed by David Twohy, who is pretty hit (Pitch Black) or miss (everything else Riddick) but is at the least a competent director.