Shock To The System Page #2

Synopsis: Because of a feature article on him in the Advocate, Albany based Donald Strachey has gained some notoriety as a gay private detective. His latest client, Paul Hale, a scared young man, provides Donald with a $5,000 retainer to find "someone", that person unspecified before Paul is scared off. Soon thereafter, Paul is found dead. The official cause of death is deemed suicide by the coroner's office, but Donald wants to do right by Paul by finding who killed him as the police unofficially believe he was murdered. Another person who believes Paul was murdered is his mother, Phyllis Hale. Donald learns that homophobic Mrs. Hale sent Paul to the Phoenix Foundation, run by Dr. Trevor Cornell and his wife Lynn Cornell and for which Paul was the poster child. The Foundation's raison d'etre is repairative therapy i.e. to help people turn from gay to straight. Donald believes Paul's death has something to do with the Foundation, whether it be a connection to one of the Cornells or one of the ot
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director(s): Ron Oliver
Production: Regent Releasing
 
IMDB:
6.7
Metacritic:
54
Rotten Tomatoes:
50%
R
Year:
2006
91 min
Website
158 Views


Maybe you didn't

inspire much confidence.

What about his e-mails,

anything there?

No, and all the files

are wiped clean.

Evidently he didn't want

anyone going through his stuff

especially that mother

of his, is my guess.

You wiped the keyboard

for any other prints?

It's not a homicide.

Hale had a bunch of xanax

and a bunch of other pills

right next to him and he

washed it down with liquor.

It couldn't get much

clearer than that.

Let it go.

No.

Paul Hale gave me

a $5,000 retainer.

I think I'm gonna make sure

he gets his money's worth.

Don't move!

Don't shoot!

It's only me,

Kenny Kwon!

What're you doing trying

to break into my office,

break in?

Do I look like

a thief to you?

No.

You look familiar,

do I know you?

You should.

You got me fired

from my job.

At the Parmalee

Plaza Hotel?

You trashed the office

and beat up my boss.

Oh, yeah.

That was you?

You got canned for that?

Job sucked anyway.

Well, I only beat up

people that need it.

What're you doing here,

Kenny Kwon?

Resume.

I was slipping one

under your door.

I saw your ad in the paper

for a secretary

and I recognized

your name.

I figure you owe

me at least that.

I don't pay much.

My unemployment checks

run out next week.

I've had six secretaries

in three months.

They all quit

after a week.

With your sparkling

personality?

What a shocker.

And I prefer

"office manager".

Oh, my gosh.

Somebody broke in and

trashed the place!

Cute.

Strachey investigations,

Kenny Kwon, associate

investigator speaking,

how may I help you?

Hold please,

I'll see if he's in.

He won't give his name,

but he says if you don't

take the call you're

sleeping on the sofa?

Here, go find the website,

it's called

the Phoenix Foundation

for a better tomorrow.

"Ex-gay'?

Oh yeah, I dated

one of those guys.

He was hot.

Except he burst into tears

every time we had sex.

Figure out

what you can.

Does this mean

I'm hired?

It means I'm

thinking about it.

Go work, work, work...

hey, honey.

New secretary?

He prefers office manager.

And how's your day?

Well, it just got

more interesting.

The senator received

an invitation today

from your Dr. Cornell.

And their poster boy was

Paul Hale.

According to their

website, Dr. Trevor Cornell

is a board-certified

psychiatrist,

and the Phoenix

Foundation operates

one of the most successful

reparative therapy programs

in New York.

I wonder what his

idea of successful is?

Dressing badly,

decorating your house

with duck decoys

and breaking out in a rash

every time you hear

Barbara Streisand sing.

Sounds good

to me...

Yes?

Uhm, is this...?

Is this, uh, the place

that helps--

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