Ice Blues: A Donald Strachey Mystery

Ice Blues: A Donald Strachey Mystery

12/10/2008 1h 25m 5.5/10

Overview

America's favorite gay private investigator, Donald Strachey, takes on the most complicated case of his career. After his long-time partner, Tim, asks him to uncover the source of an anonymous and generous donation to the Albany youth center, he gets caught in a whirlwind of deceit and danger.

Director

Ron Oliver

Top Billed Cast

Brittney Wilson

Brittney Wilson

Lilah

Daryl Shuttleworth

Daryl Shuttleworth

Detective Bailey

Chad Allen

Chad Allen

Donald Strachey

Nelson Wong

Nelson Wong

Kenny Kwon

Sebastien Roberts

Sebastien Roberts

Frank Zaillian

Sebastian Spence

Sebastian Spence

Tim Callahan

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

6/22/2024

6/10

Chad Allen brings a little charm to this, certainly the best of the pretty mediocre four film adaptations of the "Donald Strachey" PI investigations. This one sees him investigate when boyfriend "Tim" (Sebastian Spence) finds himself embroiled in a mystery surrounding a large bequest for his "safe zone" which all goes a bit south when a murder occurs. The original story covers a surprisingly varied series of topics - in a largely superficial fashion - including loyalty, obsession and child welfare issues which this effort makes a decent fist of as it rumbles along, but there is precisely zero chemistry between the two stars and the ending is a bit lacklustre. It's just about worth a watch, but only just....

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