Instruct: Classify the given review as either positive or negative.
Query: PATTERSON'S FORMULA IS TIRED

Any fan of the more recent Alex Cross novels in the series will recognize this as a cluttered attempt to use the same tired recurring themes from Patterson's Cross novels with a new cast of characters. Should have skipped the attempt at literature and just gone straight for the movie script. Let's see how bad Hollywood miscasts THIS leading character (i.e., Morgan Freeman could be Alex Cross' grandfather.)