Sometimes you have TV movies that are worth watching and then you have TV movies like Concrete Canyons that are completely the opposite, they're total garbage. If you tried to write a cheesier bad story you would fail. About everything in this movie is wrong, the story is so predictable and cliché you wonder if they did it on purpose just to piss people off, and then you have the acting that is beyond bad, especially from Polly Shannon that acts (if you can call it like that) like she's the dumbest female character ever. But the most annoying thing about Concrete Canyons is the soundtrack, those lazy piano tunes that fill the entire movie, trying to add some ambiance to the movie, but instead doing the opposite, and that is bugging the crap out of you. I wish I could dismantle that whole piano and shove every single key in a place where the sun doesn't shine, that's how much I hate the soundtrack guy. If you're a bit of a masochist then this garbage might be for you.

A retired rural sheriff goes to the big city to clear his son of suspected murder ... along the way he meets a snot nose wet behind the ears female detective that couldn't smell manure on her shoes ... he also learns his son hes been married for 2 years and he has a grandson ... from his observations at the crime scene he derives the info he needs to start solving the case ... he's an accomplished law man and will get to the answers ...

In Greeley County, Colorado, the former Sheriff Ben Sloane (Scott Patterson) is an efficient tracker that lives in an isolated cabin in the middle of the woods. After rescuing a young woman that has been abducted, Ben meets Sheriff Darryl Carter (Aaron Pearl) tells to him that his estranged son Nick (Andrew Dunbar) is the prime suspect of killing his co-worker Raymond "Ray" Correlli.

Ben heads to Chicago to meet the unfriendly Detective Susan Kincaid (Polly Shannon) that does not help him. Soon Ben learns that Nick is married with Maggie (Emilie Ullerup) and has a baby son; he worked in the Stetski Brothers Constructor and studied architecture at college. Ben also meets Nick's friend Danny Smalls (Chad Krowchuk) that tells to him that his job was indicated by his professor Hoffman (Ted Whittall). Ben goes to the crime scene and finds that Nick did not kill Ray and the crime scene was modified and he suspects that the construction company is hiding something. Will Ben be capable to find tracks to prove the innocence of his son?

The beginning of "Concrete Canyons" is engaging and despite the typical clichés of Kincaid and Nick reactions and the corny conclusion, it is enjoyable. The plot gets too complicated with a mafia scheme and is easily resolved in the end but the performances in general are good. I saw this movie with low expectation and I find it surprisingly good for a TV movie. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): "Caçada ao Assassino" ("Hunting Down the Killer")