McCanick

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McCanick

R

2013

1h 36m

Crime

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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A corrupt narcotics cop (David Morse) searches for a young criminal (Cory Monteith) who knows a secret about his past.

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Martin Tsai

Los Angeles Times

The premise that bruised feelings can get blown so far out of proportion and propel a veteran cop to risk his reputation and jettison his entire career is simply preposterous.

Mar 20, 2014

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Neil Genzlinger

New York Times

The dour "McCanick" banks way too much on what it is not telling us, making for a movie that thinks it's being cryptically suspenseful but is really just annoying.

Mar 20, 2014

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Jordan Hoffman

New York Daily News

It's a shame the script doesn't offer anything beyond loose-cannon-cop cliches.

Rated: 2/5

Mar 20, 2014

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Stephen Silver

EntertainmentTell

A completely by-the-numbers, cliched cop story for its first two thirds, before pivoting to an ending that's shocking but also totally indefensible.

Rated: 1/5

May 27, 2014

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Nikola Grozdanovic

The Playlist

McCanick may have worked as Chief Wiggum's favorite film in The Simpsons, but as a feature film in the real world it fails to convince, and succeeds only in frustrating.

Rated: D-

Apr 4, 2014

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Avi Offer

NYC Movie Guru

A ho-hum B-movie with an A-list cast. Besides the solid performances, it offers nothing else to hold your interest.

Rated: 5.23/10

Apr 3, 2014

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Liam D

It's only worth watching for it's talented and tragic cast but this crime drama doesn't have any bite to it

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

09/25/22

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mauro l

Anti-homophobia is not a guarantee of a nice B movie. (Mauro Lanari)

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

drab lifeless boring. an ageing cop trying to hunt down an ex contact he put behind bars years earlier.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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Audience Member

Moody cop-thriller, which is pretty much all about Morse's mindset. The plot gets convoluted towards its end.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Audience Member

A brilliant and 'important' role for David Morse. Great story about one cop's obsession with a recent parolee. Morse and Monteith give subtle yet brilliant performances. Not the typical action movie one would expect. (2014 hidden gem)

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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Audience Member

It's awfully sad Cory Monteith's last role was in this pile of garbage.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/16/23

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Synopsis

A corrupt narcotics cop (David Morse) searches for a young criminal (Cory Monteith) who knows a secret about his past.

Director: Josh C. Waller
Producer: Ehud Bleiberg, David Morse, Josh C. Waller
Screenwriter: Daniel Noah
Production Co: Bleiberg Entertainment
Rating: R (Language|Brief Drug Content|Some Strong Violence)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 17, 2014
Runtime: 1h 36m

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