Alex Cross

I have to admit I thought this film was going to be so so bad, but for Tyler Perry's first run at playing the lead in an entirely new genre for him, it was a bit north of ok.   Of course, it was substantially helped out by having a pretty decent story that wasn't so predictable and having a greatly needed and talented supporting cast.  As a Detroiter, I also give them credit for setting and shooting it here.  The problem with Alex Cross, however, does seem to come from Tyler's attachment to it, as in all fairness he is no Morgan Freeman or Denzel Washington.  As a result and perhaps a bit unfairly, such an important James Patterson character adapted to film so successfully a decade ago and reprised by Perry, seems to already have a built in auto destruct at least in immediate thought.    It is the scrutiny that I also share even after viewing Alex Cross, especially at the very real possibility of another Patterson film with Tyler as the lead.