Hodge is the third actor to portray Cross, following in the footsteps of Morgan Freeman, who first played him onscreen in 1997’s Kiss the Girls and again in the 2001 movie sequel Along Came a Spider; and Tyler Perry as the titular character in 2012’s Alex Cross, which bombed at the box office and led Lionsgate to scrap the preplanned sequel Double Cross by James Patterson
But the series waxes and wanes with a prolonged eight-episode run that doesn’t justify its runtime
Ryan Eggold, Samantha Walkes and Isaiah Mustafa shine in their supporting roles but it’s Eloise Mumford and Karen Robinson who catch the eye and even manage to steal the spotlight from Aldis Hodge’s towering lead performance
If only creator Ben Watkins had kept the script tighter and focused on the investigative elements rather than the lead character’s personal struggles, this could have been a path-breaking series
A watchable one, but don't expect the levels of "Reacher" or "Sugar"
