Alex Cross is a 2012 American crime thriller film[3][4][5] directed by Rob Cohen, and starring Tyler Perry as the title character, and Matthew Fox as the villain Picasso.

Psychologist Dr. Alex Cross is working as a detective for the Detroit Police Department together with his childhood friend, Thomas Kane, and Monica Ashe.

Cross determines from the clues in the crime scene that this was done by a single person, and Kane notes that this must be the work of a professional.

This, together with the letters E and N found in the charcoal drawing, lead the team to believe that Picasso will attack Nunemaker next, with Mercier being the likely final target.

Cross says that he is considering taking a job with the FBI as it has better hours, pay, and benefits, and it would mean more time for his family.

Maria is reluctant because taking the FBI job would mean moving to Washington D.C. and her career is based in Detroit.

Mercier hired Picasso to fake his death using a man named cloche in order to escape entanglements with the German government.

A reboot film about Alex Cross' character began development in 2010, with a screenplay by Kerry Williamson and James Patterson.

[8] The production company, QED, set Marc Moss, who worked on the previous Alex Cross films, to refine the screenplay for Perry and Cohen.

Summit Entertainment purchased domestic distribution rights in March 2011,[10] and set the release date for October 26, 2012.

The website's consensus reads: "Tyler Perry and Matthew Fox did their best, but they're trampled by Rob Cohen's frustrating direction and a tasteless, lazily written screenplay.

"[13] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 30 out of 100, based on 34 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable" reviews.