37/41
Narrative
Series adaptation of James Patterson novels about the complicated and brilliant detective, Alex Cross
In episode 2, Cross tells Sampson he smells like "mothballs and old spice." In real life, Isaiah Mustafa featured in the great Old Spice ads as 'the man your man could smell like'. I haven't watched the whole series yet so can only comment on the first 3 episodes but I'm definitely drawn in & find Aldis Hodge a great Alex Cross.
Please ignore this & just watch an episode or 2 & make your minds up
It's engaging, gritty with the story becoming clearer in the first few episodes, with the mystery building.Unfortunately some of the reviews here are quite clearly negative because of their own opinions on race. Hopefully when you've seen the 1st episode you'll see that the guy being questioned at the beginning, likely has the same views as some people on here.
Just seemed a bit cliché
Don't listen to the obvious bigots, these issues ARE prevalent & sadly common in these times so why not shine a light on it. Sorry if some people are uncomfortable with that.2 things bothered me;First I do agree with some comments regarding the lighting, it is very dark & I was straining my eyes a bit but wasn't terrible.Secondly, this may seem petty but the Captain was very stereotypical, old fashioned views, always annoyed at Cross despite his excellent police record, rude etc.
Minor issue but I found that a bit distracting!!I have read most of James Patterson's books and this definitely deviates from those but that's not necessarily a bad thing
And I also was really distracted by her hair lol, no way a female that high ranking wears her hair down like that, it looked odd, especially when she had her police hat on, it didn't seem to sit properly! Heads up if you don't want any spoilers skip the last bit of episode 1 as it has a "this season on Cross…" preview which i didn't watch as I don't want spoilers & felt this wasn't needed.Give it a go, watch a couple of episodes & think you'll want to watch the whole series..
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