Alex Cross - Review
When I saw Alex Cross trailer I thought to myself, this one
looks pretty good. I noticed that Matthew Fox was appearing here with a
completely different character and look than what I got used seeing from him. Than
I thought why didn't I hear nothing about this Alex Cross movie
nowhere before the movie came out? The marketing department did a very good job
hyping out this movie when it was released to the public. But then when Alex
Cross was released and I got the opportunity to see for what’s Alex Cross is
all about, I personally understood why I didn't hear anything about
this movie.
The main plot of Alex cross was decent, not bad and not
really good. It was somewhere in the middle … OK. If not the plot than what
else could kill a movie in such a horrible way for me?
Until
Alex Cross I didn't really believe that casting have such a huge role in the
film’s success. After watching Alex Cross now I understand how important and
crucial of a job casting really is.
This movie had a lot of potential to be a good movie
but the cast that was chosen in Alex Cross was horrible to the point that it
ruined completely the viewing experience.
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| Matthew Fox at the 2008 Lost Comic Panel. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
Let’s
take the dude that played Alex Cross in the movie. The guy looks like one big
chubby teddy bear, not a lead in film of the sort of Alex Cross. His acting
performance was emotionless and not because the plot required it (unlike Dredd for example), the guy just wasn't
convincing as a human being, every emotional state he tried to portray (angry,
desperate, happy ...) just didn't come out right. I got the feeling that the
guy just can’t act. The
teddy bear attempts to portray
those sensitive feelings that he was supposed to for the audience failed every
time, because it was impossible
for him to do. I can’t understand how a dude like that passed the casting
auditions, did they picked the first guy they saw from the street for this
role? Because this is the only explanation of how that guy got him-self the
lead role in this movie.
Another
thing I don’t understand is how they convinced Jean Reno to take part in this
boredom festival that some people call Alex Cross. I bet they thought to
themselves if we take a good actor (Jean Reno) add to the equation this
horrible actor that we picked from the street. It’s going to be OK because they
will cancel each other, and we will get an average performance in total from
the both of them. Sorry to break your bubble guys but
that doesn't work like that, and even if it did Jean Reno appeared
only in a few scenes while we had to tolerate the huge teddy bear the entire
movie.
Matthew
Fox played the villain in this film and generally I wouldn't have a problem
with that but Matthew Fox looked scary in Alex Cross, i will give him the
credit for getting himself in shape and losing a lot of weight for the part.
The fact that he needed to shave his head and appearing so thin compared to
what we all saw in Lost made me think that Matthew Fox is suffering from
cancer, the guy looked like they just pulled him out from chemo treatment. If
Matthew Fox's visual appearance wasn't bad enough he had to portray this psycho
and intense looks all the time and for some reason that made him walk like a
robot.
What pissed me off even more than all the rest screw
ups in this movie was the fight scene between the teddy
bear and Matthew Fox in the end. In the beginning of the movie we see Matthew
Fox disassemble a dude twice his size in a MMA ring but suddenly when he faces the
fat and out of shape teddy bear he felt the
need to suck at fighting WTF? The teddy bear fought with one hand
and still Matthew Fox couldn't take him out? This was horrible, every
move that the chubby bear made, exposed how out of shape and bad at this
fighting business he was. This was insulting to watch.
Nothing summarizes the lack of belief in the teddy bear
than the main poster for the movie. Look how big Matthew Fox's image compared
to the teddy bear. One picture is
worth a thousand words.
Alex Cross series DVD
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