Alex Cross Movie Review

Apparently, that “Madea” wig imparts a Sampson-like power upon its owner. When he’s wearing it, Perry is dynamic, he is forceful, he is animated. Without it, he lacks both energy and screen presence. If any given “Madea” performance sees Perry’s acting range from 1 (marking the height of his elation) to 10 (the height of his fury), in “Alex Cross” he keeps his emotional dial parked solidly in the 3-to-7 range.

The result is a serviceable, but far from memorable, performance in an unremarkable movie that would make a far better TV pilot than a feature film.

Of course, part of that is because Perry has the unenviable role of trying to fill the shoes of Morgan Freeman, who twice previously played the same character, in 1997’s “Kiss the Girls” and 2001’s “Along Came a Spider.” Few actors can impart the same gravity and on-screen credibility that Freeman does by his mere presence. Fewer still would be able to do so when working with the toothless script that Perry and Cohen have been handed.

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