Prime Video is becoming the go-to place for edgy crime dramas. The platform’s latest foray into the genre is Cross, a crime thriller series inspired by James Patterson’s best-selling novels, which follow Alex Cross, a decorated homicide detective and forensic psychologist. The series stars Aldis Hodge in the title role and hits Prime Video on Thursday.
The first season of Prime Video’s crime thriller follows Alex Cross, who, with his partner and best friend John Sampson (Isaiah Mustafa), works to track down an insidious serial killer. This is a layered series, though, and Cross is faced with multiple challenges as he works to solve this case: He must gain the trust of his community and keep his family and mental health intact after suffering a debilitating loss.
There’s already so much more happening here than audiences have seen in the previous Alex Cross adaptations that have hit the big screen: 1997’s Kiss
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