Alex Cross Blu-ray Review & Comments

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Don't Ever Cross Alex Cross.

James Patterson's Alex Cross character is, in some ways, the psychological cops-and-serial-killers equivalent of Lee Child's ex-military investigator Jack Reacher. Tough, intelligent and experienced, Cross has been the focus of even more bestselling novels than Reacher and is yet another entity that filmmakers are desperate to cash in on and convert to a Big Screen equivalent. But, as we know from experience, the translation from page-to-screen of these book characters is considerably more hit than miss.


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Spot on review. This movie was not a good representation of the Alex Cross series at all.

Enjoyed the books though which get better as they go on particularly as Patterson seemed to became less unnecessarily cruel to Cross and anyone he associates with. Seriously, for the first four books nothing good ever happened to the poor guy! Don't get me wrong, he stills has his share of trials and tribulations but at least there are silver linings on most of the black clouds.

This movie was a wasted opportunity and a poor second to Jack Reacher when in book form they are neck and neck.
 
Enjoyed the Alex Cross books I've read, a fair few, but by no means all, but the film is very forgettable.
 
Hi Cas. Your review states that this movie comes with a DTS HD MA 7.1 soundtrack.

In the specifications section though it states that the audio track is a DTS HD MA 5.1 soundtrack.

Which of these is correct? Thanks
 
Hi Cas. Your review states that this movie comes with a DTS HD MA 7.1 soundtrack.

In the specifications section though it states that the audio track is a DTS HD MA 5.1 soundtrack.

Which of these is correct? Thanks

Thanks for pointing that out, it's been corrected now. It's a DTS-HD MA 5.1 track.

Cas
 

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