Line #4 Film/AlexCross


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2	[[caption-width-right:300:''[[{{Tagline}} Don't cross Alex Cross.]]'']]
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4	->'''Picasso:''' Creator/{{Confucius}} said, "When setting off on a path of revenge, dig two graves."\
5	'''Alex Cross:''' That's fine with me as long as you're in one of them.
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7	''Alex Cross'' is a 2012 crime-thriller directed by Creator/RobCohen (''Film/DragonHeart'', ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'', ''Film/{{Stealth}}'') based upon the ''Literature/AlexCross'' series by Creator/JamesPatterson, starring Creator/TylerPerry, Creator/MatthewFox, Creator/EdwardBurns, Creator/RachelNichols and Creator/JeanReno.
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9	Detective and Forensic Psychologist Alex Cross investigates a gruesome murder and while his partner thinks it's the work of a psycho, Cross thinks it's an organized person. He eventually discovers he has another target and Cross figures out who it is and stops the killer before he gets him. The killer named "Picasso" retaliates against Cross directly and Cross vows to get him as he decides to break all the rules to do so.
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11	This is the third feature film featuring the character of Alex Cross acting as a {{Prequel}}[=/=]ContinuityReboot. While in the previous [[Film/KissTheGirls films]], the role was portrayed by Creator/MorganFreeman, in this film the role is portrayed by Creator/TylerPerry.
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13	!!The film includes the following tropes:
14	* ActionPrologue: The film opens with Alex, Tommy and Monica chasing after some random criminal in an AbandonedWarehouse.
15	* ArtisticLicenseSports: The depiction of UsefulNotes/MixedMartialArts is pure fantasy. Picasso is allowed to step out of the crowd to fight "the champ" on a few minutes notice without weighing in. There are a dozen reasons why this wouldn't happen.
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17	* ChekhovsGunman: That teenage female prisoner convicted of murder (which she didn't commit) that Alex talks to at the beginning. [[spoiler:Alex visits her father and offers the two guns of evidence he and Tommy stole that could prove her guilty in return for a name of a chemist that would be able to supply the drug Picasso uses to torture people with.]]
18	* DisposableWoman: The only two significant female characters, [[spoiler:Maria and Monica]], are both murdered, which serves as impetus for the men in their lives to seek revenge on the murderer.
19	* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:The Police Chief, several cops and fake Mercier are killed unceremoniously by Picasso when he blows the building they're next to with a bazooka from a moving train.]]
20	* TheFilmOfTheBook: It's very loosely adapted from the novel ''Cross'' but also has elements from later books in the series. The villain of the film himself is a combination between the series' villains The Butcher and Picasso.
21	* {{Fingore}}: Picasso removes all ten fingers from one of his victims.
22	* ForgottenFallenFriend: [[spoiler:Monica Ashe, Alex and Tommy's partner in the case who Tommy was dating, got tortured and killed by Picasso. But it's only mentioned once briefly after her death.]]
23	* GoryDiscretionShot: We don't see most of the graphic violence, just its aftermath. An example is earlier in the film: one of Picasso's victims, Fan Yau, is paralyzed and later we're shown her dead body with missing fingers.
24	* ImprobableInfantSurvival: Despite the death of [[spoiler: her mother,]] Alex's daughter comes out unharmed.
25	* LargeHam: Matthew Fox seems to be enjoying himself as Picasso.
26	* TheManBehindTheMan: Picasso's employer was [[spoiler:Mercier himself. Having embezzled money from his clients, Mercier asked for Yau and Nunemarcher's help to fake his death and flee to Bali, and then hired Picasso to eliminate Yau, Nunemarcher and a double pretending to be himself to tie loose ends. His assistant, however, sold him out to Alex for immunity.]]
27	* NotInTheFace: Picasso warns his MMA opponent not to hit him there.
28	* TheProfiler: One of Alex's main abilities, which allowed him to profile Picasso.
29	* {{Pun}}: The tagline is "Don't ''Cross'' Alex Cross".
30	* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Once Picasso [[spoiler: kills Cross' wife,]] all bets are off.

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