Incy Wincy go twist that web! (Along Came a Spider (DVD))

Member Name: Little Miss

Product:	Along Came a Spider (DVD)
Date:	21/05/01 (57 review reads)
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Advantages: Keeps you on the edge of your seat

Disadvantages: could have played more on the twists

Wow, what a great film. I saw this yesterday, I arrived at the cinema with no idea of what was on. I looked at the list and decided on "Along came a spider", I know I'd seen a trailer and a friend had said it was good but I really couldn't remember the story line. I purchased my ticket hoping it wasn't sometihng like Arachnophobia or I'd be very disappointed. I was in luck, this is an excellent film, it got me hooked right from the start and never let me go. I don't want to spoil any of the plot as this film is full of twists and unlike most films, you haven't already guessed them before they happen.

So what's this film about, it's about a child, Megan Rose, who is kidnapped from her school whilst under protection from the secret service. The kidnapper is her teacher Mr Soneji and the guy incharge of finding her is Alex Cross (played by Morgan Freeman, his role is very similar to his role in Seven, but he plays these roles so well there's no need to worry you'll be bored by the character). Alex is aided by Jezzie Flannigan the Secret Agent who was responsible for Megan, and is determined to make ammends and regain her reputation within the secret service. It can't be easy to act along side Morgan Freeman in a role he excells at but Jezzie holds her own.

I know it sounds a rather run of the mill story line but trust me it's not, I just don't want to spoil it.

So where's the spider fit in? Well there are no spiders just an excellent Web of twists which are intricately interwoven.

I will however say one thing about the twists in this film, now don't get mad I'm not going to give anything away, I'm not going to spoil it for you. I just felt that there were some excellent twists in this film but felt that they were sometime rushed over, I know a lot of films have twists in them and they drag them out and almost loose the cleverness of them by gloat
ing about their cleverness but this isn't one of them. This film has a twist and then moves on quite quickly I'd have liked a little longer to enjoy some of them, they were very good and deserved appreciation. Luckily it moved onto something equally as interesting so I didn't feel too irritated and it left a lot to talk about in the pub afterwards.

One last thing I have to mention which gave me a laugh as I was watching the cast go up was the last 2 character names, "Guy who wasn't allowed to answer phone" and "Potentially evil guy on train"!

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