If thrillers with plots that twist and turn every ten minutes are your bag then you could do a lot worse than going to see Along Came A Spider . While it initially appears that we will have yet another drawn out battle of wills between criminal and cop, there are more than enough unexpected gear changes to keep the audience happy. Some of them are admittedly ludicrous but most of them are genuinely clever. And none of them can be revealed here. Suffice to say that it becomes pretty clear pretty quickly that nothing should be taken for granted and very little is as it seems.
Freeman is, as usual, the star of the show.
He emanates intelligence way beyond ordinary mortals and is an unusually generous actor, happy to give space for his co-stars to shine. This elegant and charming presence has few equals in the modern era. Michael Wincott also delivers a suitably menacing performance as the deranged loon trying to outwit the pair of them. Like the novel on which it is based, this is a terrifically enjoyable thriller which has no pretensions but to entertain. It s certainly not high art and won t feature on any Top Ten lists but it delivers excitement in spades.