Waller and written by daniel noah, mccanick is a tedious, often incompetently assembled mass of copontheedge. This was cory monteiths last job just before his unexpected dying in july 20. Mccanick original festival trailerofficial selection toronto international film festivala taut, wellexecuted thriller. Set over the course of one day, a narcotics detective hunts for a seemingly harmless young criminal who knows a truth about the cops past. Critics responded negatively to the films derivative, clichefilled plot and direction but were positive. A young prisoner is released, triggering a firestorm of paranoia and violence in this drama making its world. Two directors face off to make the best film from the same script. There are only two reasons to see mccanick, a rote renegadecop picture with a dubious moral, but its questionable whether either one justifies enduring the films lowoctane wallow in macho angst.
Mccanick soundtrack from 2014, composed by johann johannsson. I really liked the movie mccanick and i gave it five stars because i thought it was really good. Set over the course of one day, a narcotics detective hunts for a seemingly harmless young criminal who knows the truth about the cops past. David morse, cory monteith, mike vogel, rachel nichols. The untimely demise of glee star cory monteith this summer at the age of 31 will bring attention to mccanick, one of his final films, but. Twitchfilmdavid morse delivers a performance of staggering intensity. It has been picked to be screened in the modern day globe cinema segment at.
Mccanick s commanding officer ciaran hinds hints that sleeping dogs should be let lie, but mccanick wont listen. A hothead cop david morse learns a young man cory monteith he helped put away seven years ago is back out on the streetsand carries with him an uncomfortable secret. The dour mccanick banks way too much on what it is not telling us, making for a movie that thinks its being cryptically suspenseful but is really just annoying. Mccanick is a 20 american crimedrama mystery film directed by josh c. When narcotics detective eugene mack mccanick discovers that simon weeks cory monteith, glee has been released from prison. Mccanick 2014 official clip im giving you an order youtube. Released by milan records in 2014 containing music from mccanick 2014. R 1h 36min crime, drama, mystery 21 march 2014 usa.
Mccanick photo featuring cory monteith in his final role b. Mccanick had its theatrical release on march 21, 2014. Mccanick 2014 cast and crew a corrupt narcotics cop david morse searches for a young criminal cory monteith who knows a secret about his past. Set over the course of one day, a narcotics detective hunts for a seemingly harmless young criminal. Mccanick is a 2014 american crimedrama secret film directed by josh c. Mccanick impresses as the type of project that may have looked good when everyone was picking up paychecks, but in retrospect turns out to. Mccanick 2014 tt2295564 over the course of one feverish day, a harried narcotics detective and his reluctant partner frantically track down a. It stars david morse, mike vogel, trevor morgan, ciaran hinds, and cory monteith. Mccanick is the kind of film where everything seems to be laid right out in front of you, the kind of film where youre not expecting a surprise, but thats the whole premise of the film. The first reason is the rare chance to see david morse in a leading role. Jake gyllenhaals standout performance punches through every oldmovie cliche the chair. This was one of cory monteiths final feature film roles along with all the wrong reasons both films were released at the 20 toronto international film festival a few weeks after his death. When narcotics detective eugene mack mccanick david morse discovers that simon weeks cory monteith has been released from prison.
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