He stops her by shooting her in the heart. After searching Flannigan's personal computer, he finds enough evidence to prove that Flannigan and her fellow Secret Service agent Ben Devine used Soneji as a pawn in their own plot to collect a ransom for Megan.Ĭross tracks them down to a secluded farmhouse, where Flannigan has murdered Devine and is now intent on killing Megan. Soneji tries to leave with Flannigan, but Cross kills him.Ĭross becomes suspicious and realizes that someone else discovered Soneji long before his plot came to fruition. As Soneji has not reacted to Cross's verbal comment about receiving the ransom amount (which was incorrect), the detective realizes that the kidnapper is unaware of the ransom demand and delivery. Soneji later arrives at Flannigan's home and confronts Cross after disabling Flannigan with a taser. Following the ransom directions, Cross ultimately tosses the gems out the window of a rapidly moving Metro train to a figure standing by the tracks. He must follow an intricate maze of calls made to public phone booths scattered throughout the city. Megan's kidnapping proves to be only part of Soneji's real plan: to kidnap Dimitri Starodubov, the son of the Russian president, and guarantee greater infamy for himself.Īfter Cross and Flannigan foil his second kidnapping plot, a supposed call from the kidnapper demands that Cross deliver a ransom of $10 million in diamonds. kidnapping and hopes to become as infamous as Bruno Hauptmann by committing a new "Crime of the Century", which might be explored by Cross in one of his true crime books. Cross deduces that the man is obsessed with the 1932 Charles A.
Soneji contacts Cross by phone and alerts him to the fact one of Megan's sneakers is in the detective's mailbox, proving that Soneji is the kidnapper. US Secret Service Special Agent Jezzie Flannigan, held responsible for the breach in security, joins forces with Cross to find the missing girl. He is drawn back to police work when Megan Rose, the daughter of a United States senator, is kidnapped from her exclusive private school by Gary Soneji, a computer science teacher. detective, forensic psychologist and author Alex Cross loses control of a sting operation, resulting in the death of his partner, he retires from the force. The film was a box office success, although receiving mixed reviews from critics.Īfter Washington, D.C. The screenplay by Marc Moss was adapted from the 1993 novel of the same title by James Patterson, but many of the key plot elements of the book were eliminated. Sanders reprising their roles as detective Alex Cross and FBI-agent Kyle Craig. It is the second installment in the Alex Cross film series and a sequel to the 1997 film Kiss the Girls, with Morgan Freeman and Jay O. Along Came a Spider is a 2001 American neo-noir psychological thriller film directed by Lee Tamahori.
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