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Shock to the System
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Based on 6 critic reviews
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Crime | Foreign
Written by: Ron McGee
Directed by: Ron Oliver
Release Date:
Theatrical: August 4, 2006
DVD: February 13, 2007
Running Time: 91 minutes, Color
Origin: Canada
Summary
RATING: R for some sexual content, nudity, language and a violent image
Starring Chad Allen, Sebastian Spence, Morgan Fairchild, Michael Woods, and Nelson Wong
When hard boiled private eye Donald Strachey (Allen) finds his latest client dead, an apparent suicide, Albany's favorite gay detective smells a rat and decides to take matters into his own hands. (Regent Entertainment)
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What The Critics Said
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Variety Robert Koehler
Enough action, a tiny pinch of sex and some campy moments from Morgan Fairchild.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
The story delivers enough twists and turns to be engaging without feeling like work, and the overall vibe is dangerous and flirty rather than brutal or excessively graphic.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Nathan Lee
A sly, refreshingly grown-up gay entertainment, though rather less satisfying as a thriller.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Jim Ridley
Director Ron Oliver applies a thin veneer of straight-to-cable pseudo-gloss without finding a workable tone, and the cast lacks the charisma and chemistry to make the genre and gender-bending register as more than novelty.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Michael OrdoƱa
So grimly determined to be even-handed that it never generates tension.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter Frank Scheck
Shock to the System demonstrates that merely subverting genre conventions doesn't quite make for compelling entertainment.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 4.5 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes
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