36/19
I've never read a Patterson novel
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 see them in the grocery stores.. I guess he must be popular.Anyway, I watch Prime (despite the commercials) mostly for documentaries, but this show "Cross" popped up and I thought to give it a try.
There's nothing really original here
I watched all 8 episodes.Cross is an amalgam of "Luther" and "The Wire". Seriously. Both Luther and The Wire are probably better, but Cross isn't bad. I'm glad I stuck with it to the end.HOWEVER — it does have Aldis Hodge and for those of you who are Leverage fans…
He's disturbing and upsetting and awful
his character is very similar but way more fleshed out (he's the star of Cross). I really enjoy his physicality and he's great to watch. I loved Leverage.Ryan Eggold plays the villain and OMG he's… he's a way over the top villain.
This knowledge makes everything more tense for the viewerIt's also violent and gory
What a shock to see him like this after his "How can I help?" role in New Amsterdam? He looks like he really enjoyed this role.This is a good series although it drags a bit mid-way (I think they could have done it in six episodes instead of eight by tightening it up a bit).BTW we know very early on (way before Cross and the MPD in general) who the villain is. It is a serial killer series and without giving anything away, it goes down the serial killer as main character rabbit hole. I did fast forward through some of the scenes that clearly were going to be upsetting for me.Coming at this without any context at all, I found the Cross background in psychology interesting.
So, again, approach with cautionI recommend the series
It's a sort of profiler kind of thing he does, but he gets in the heads of his suspects and it's quite (as I said) interesting.I think there are some aspects of this show — some scenes — that I will continue to be disturbed about for a while. Your guide to all the new movies and shows streaming on Prime Video in the US this month.
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