Directed by Josh C. WallerMovie Review by Greg Goodsell
Featuring the final film role of Cory Monteith, the star of TV’s “Glee” before he died of a heroin and alcohol overdose at the far too young age of 31 in 2013, the cop melodrama McCanick received scathing reviews when first released. This reviewer walked into the film totally unprepared and was highly entertained. While a “bad” film in many respects – trashy and sensational, a bit simplistic, McCanick has quite a few aces up its sleeve.
We’ve all had disappointing birthdays, but chances were that they were a lot better than McCanick’s (David Morse), a crusty Philadelphia policeman. He’s set on having dinner with his estranged son that evening when he learns that Simon Weeks (Monteith), a penny-ante drug dealer and hustler who he fingered in connection with a politician's murder has been recently released from prison. Taking his young, rookie policeman partner Floyd Intrator (Mike Vogel) on a stakeout to nail Weeks, they pull up to an upstairs ghetto drug party -- when it suddenly becomes apparent to Intrator that McCanick has told him a big, fat lie. The situation deteriorates, and McCanick mistakenly shoots Intrator directly in the chest. Intrator is rushed to the hospital clinging to life, and McCanick then tells his superiors an even BIGGER lie: he says that Weeks did it!