Along Came a Spider (film)

Along Came a Spider is a 2001 American mystery film about a congressman's daughter under Secret Service protection who is kidnapped from a private school. Detective Alex Cross investigates the case even though he's recovering from the loss of his partner. The film is the sequel to the 1997 film Kiss the Girls.
 * Directed by Lee Tamahori. Written by Marc Moss from the novel by James Patterson.

A tangled web of danger and deceit...taglines

Gary Sonjei

 * I am living proof, that a mind is a terrible thing.
 * They say that when I die, the case will die. They say it will be like a book I close. But the book, it will never close...

Other

 * Senator Hank Rose: Mr. Cross, you're telling me you haven't a clue! Not one clue! The man walked in the fucking room and ya shot him.

Dialogue

 * Jezzie Flannigan: Dr. Cross, Agent Ben Devine. Agent Devine is security systems supervisor.
 * Ben Devine: Well, for now. We're going to be thrown to the wolves, as soon as they find Megan Rose dead in a ditch.
 * Alex Cross: Now what makes you so sure that's what's going to happen?
 * Ben Devine: Me getting fired or the girl in a ditch? Sorry. I'm having a pessimistic day.


 * Alex Cross: You do what you are Jezzie.
 * Jezzie Flannigan: You mean you are what you do.
 * Alex Cross: No, I mean, you do what you are. You're born with a gift. If not that, then you get good at something along the way. And what you're good at, you don't take for granted. You don't betray it.
 * Jezzie Flannigan: What if you do, betray your gift?
 * Alex Cross: Then you betray yourself. That's a sad thing.


 * [Alex and Jezzie are examining Soneji's handiwork]
 * Alex Cross: Wow. Imagine the patience... the dedication...
 * Jezzie Flannigan: You sound like an admirer.
 * Alex Cross: Well, he's like a spider. I happen to like spiders.


 * Jezzie Flannigan: Would you kill another partner?
 * Alex Cross: You're not my partner.


 * Vickie: It's time you forgave yourself.
 * Alex Cross: Vickie, you know that forgiving yourself is the one thing a person cannot do.


 * Gary Soneji: No bargaining Alex, no cheap interrogation techniques. It's transparent and it's clumsy. This is between me and you. I want you to see. [puts hand to forehead] I want you to look inside here and tell me what the fuck you see! I'm a gift to you, Alex. I'm a gift to you. And you are beyond pitiful if you cannot understand that. I'm living proof that a mind - the mind is a terrible thing. [laughs]
 * Alex Cross: To be brutally honest, I think you have a morbid desire to burn in hell.


 * Megan Rose: Who are you?
 * Alex Cross: I'm a policeman. My name is Alex Cross. I'm a friend of your parents.
 * Megan Rose: Can you take me to them?
 * Alex Cross: Nothing would give me greater pleasure. Could you... [she helps him up] Ah, thanks.

Taglines

 * A tangled web of danger and deceit...
 * The game is far from over.

Cast

 * Morgan Freeman - Alex Cross
 * Monica Potter - Jezzie Flannigan
 * Michael Wincott - Gary Soneji/The Spider
 * Dylan Baker - Ollie McArthur
 * Mika Boorem - Megan Rose
 * Billy Burke - Ben Devine
 * Anton Yelchin - Dimitri Starodubov
 * Jay O. Sanders - Kyle Craig
 * Michael Moriarty - Senator Hank Rose
 * Penelope Ann Miller - Elizabeth Rose
 * Anna Maria Horsford - Vickie