Alex Cross is a 2012 American crime thriller film. It is based on the 2006 novel “Cross” by James Patterson. It is the third installment of the Alex Cross film series, and was considered a reboot of the series. In the film,Cross’s latest case puts him on a collision course with Picasso, a cunning serial killer whose ultimate target is multinational industrialist Giles Mercier. Cross must find a way inside Picasso’s head not only to catch the killer but also to stem the violent urges Cross feels.