There is one thing which takes this movie above most action/serial killer movies: Morgan Freeman's supurb acting ability. Going against it were a few too many movie-cliches, along with some not-so-believable behavior by characters in some sections. It is a good two hours of suspenseful serial-killer psycho drama.

Morgan Freeman plays Alex Cross, a forensic psychologist. In the opening scene, we are treated to watching him skillfully convince an abused spouse who has killed her husband not to commit suicide. Despite its purely expository function as far as the plot goes, this is perhaps one of the most intense scenes in the movie. Cross comes home to find that his daughter is missing, kidnapped by a psychopath who "collects" attractive women who are especially gifted in some way, and kills them if they try to escape.

There is a lot of good suspense in this movie, and I considered it well-worth the $1.75 I paid to see it.