I very much enjoyed this film. It's one of Christy's so I didn't think I would. Based on the novel by James Patterson, a congressman's daughter (Mika Boorem) is kidnapped from her private school, despite Secret Service protection. Detective Alex Cross (Morgan Freeman) is brought in by the kidnapper himself, as he is the only one the kidnapper feels is clever enough to understand him. Cross teams up with Secret Service agent Jezzie Flannigan (Monica Potter) in order to piece together the kidnapper's motivations and save the little girl.
Morgan Freeman lends gravitas to every role he plays, especially world-weary cop but this is really more of a great movie for character actors. It's got my man Michael Wincott, who always plays evil so well, as well as Dylan Baker, Jay O. Sanders, Billy Burke, and even baby Anton Yelchin. The technology here is still relevant (steganography) but it's from 2001 so it looks really old.
Everything up to the last 10 minutes is fantastic. The ending threatens to ruin the entire movie but I was in such a good mood and had such a good time with it until then I was willing to forgive it. Definitely a decent one for a rental.
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