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* GutturalGrowler: Soneji, which is a given considering he's played by Michael Wincott.
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* RansomDrop: After [[spoiler:Soneji's plot to kidnap Dimitri, the son of the Russian president is foiled,]] the authorities get a call from him demanding ten million dollars in exchange for Megan Rose's life, and Cross has to make the hand-off. After being forced to follow the requisite convoluted path, he's made to jump on a train just before the doors close, and then, while it's moving, break the windows and throw the ransom out.

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* RansomDrop: After [[spoiler:Soneji's plot to kidnap Dimitri, the son of the Russian president president]] is foiled,]] foiled, the authorities get a call from him demanding ten million dollars in exchange for Megan Rose's life, and Cross has to make the hand-off. After being forced to follow the requisite convoluted path, he's made to jump on a train just before the doors close, and then, while it's moving, break the windows and throw the ransom out.

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Megan Rose (Mika Boorem), the daughter of a U.S. Senator, is kidnapped from a private school, and the perpetrator, computer-science teacher Gary Soneji (Wincott), challenges detective Alex Cross (Freeman) to catch him.

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Megan Rose (Mika Boorem), the daughter of a U.S. Senator, is kidnapped from a private school, and the perpetrator, computer-science teacher Gary Soneji (Wincott), challenges detective Alex Cross (Freeman) to catch him. As Cross attempts to find Soneji, he soon discovers that the seemingly simple crime is a part of something more complex than first anticipated...



* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Flannigan is killed in a confrontation with Cross, when in the book she lived to see her execution.]]

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* DeathByAdaptation: DeathByAdaptation:
** [[spoiler:In the book, Soneji ended up being arrested. It is furthermore found out that his crime was a result of suffering from dissociative identity disorder, resulting in him getting sentenced to incarceration and treatment at a secure psychiatric hospital in lieu of a prison sentence. The film sees him killed by Cross as he directly confronts him, and attempts to abduct Flannigan.]]
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[[spoiler:Flannigan is killed in a confrontation with Cross, when in the book she lived to see her execution.]]



-->'''Cross''': ''(watching the footage of [=DeVine=] chasing after Soneji on foot)'' Tell me, what do you see?\\
'''[=McArthur=]''': [=DeVine=] doing his damndest to catch Soneji.\\
'''Cross''': [[spoiler:[[PullTheThread But the gates are wide open.]] ''(points to the school's security system)'' [[PullingTheThread They could have had the entire building on lockdown from here.]]]]\\
'''[=McArthur=]''': [[spoiler:[[EurekaMoment My God. [=DeVine=] and Soneji were in on it together. He double-crossed [=DeVine=] at the embassy!]]]]\\
'''Cross''': [[spoiler:[[AttentionWhore Soneji]] was too much of a loner for that. [[{{Pride}} Having an accomplice was beneath him.]] [[OutGambitted Soneji was hoodwinked,]] [[BigBadEnsemble and so were we.]]]]

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-->'''Cross''': -->'''Cross:''' ''(watching the footage of [=DeVine=] chasing after Soneji on foot)'' Tell me, what do you see?\\
'''[=McArthur=]''': '''[=McArthur=]:''' [=DeVine=] doing his damndest to catch Soneji.\\
'''Cross''': '''Cross:''' [[spoiler:[[PullTheThread But the gates are wide open.]] ''(points to the school's security system)'' [[PullingTheThread They could have had the entire building on lockdown from here.]]]]\\
'''[=McArthur=]''': '''[=McArthur=]:''' [[spoiler:[[EurekaMoment My God. [=DeVine=] and Soneji were in on it together. He double-crossed [=DeVine=] at the embassy!]]]]\\
'''Cross''': '''Cross:''' [[spoiler:[[AttentionWhore Soneji]] was too much of a loner for that. [[{{Pride}} Having an accomplice was beneath him.]] [[OutGambitted Soneji was hoodwinked,]] [[BigBadEnsemble and so were we.]]]]
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* BigBad: "Gary Soneji", who kidnaps Megan Rose to play games with the authorities. [[spoiler:He is eventually upstaged by Jezzie Flannigan, who seeks to profit greatly from his kidnapping of Megan]].

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* BigBad: "Gary Soneji", Gary Soneji, who kidnaps Megan Rose to play games with the authorities. [[spoiler:He is eventually upstaged by Jezzie Flannigan, who seeks to profit greatly from his kidnapping of Megan]].

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