Not My Partner I am living proof that a mind is a terrible thing. The game is far from over. Morgan Freeman reprises his role as Alex Cross, the Washington, D.C. police detective and forensic psychologist, on the trail of what could be the most puzzling criminal mind he's encountered yet. The film is an adaptation of James Patterson's highly acclaimed first novel in the Alex Cross series. 2001 Paramount Pictures.
People are basically good.
The film then puts that statement to the test and explores the realities of human nature. Can we truly trust it. In the first scene we see an innocent police woman plunge to her death because of the inhumanity of another. In other words, 1. People are basically good, and 2.