While not great,
Shock to the System is a fun and entertaining private eye movie.
Dave says:-
'Based on the book by Richard Stevenson, this, the second in the series of four Donald Strachey film adaptations that began with Third Man Out, sets its stage within the controversial world of conversion therapy. No surprise then to find that our man is soon to go undercover, determined to get ever closer to the truth behind the caring façade of The Phoenix Foundation for a Better Life. Yet of the truths revealed, the most character defining is a moving explanation as to Strachey's military discharge, hinted at previously, but laid bare here courtesy of a number of flashback sequences that see Strachey encounter the manly charms of Dany Papineau as Lieutenant Kyle Griffin; namely the soldier who turned out to be his first love. That their relationship ended the way no relationship should, makes for a story within a story, one ever so poignantly told.' [Gay Celluloid]
Other Donald Strachey movies –
Third Man Out, Shock To The System, On The Other Hand Death and
Ice Blues. +3 Review: Gay Celluloid (David Hal 2014) + Review: Gay Essential (Allexander Ryll) + Review: Big Gay Picture Show (Tim Isaac January 2, 2012) + Review: CGiii (Anderson Cutler)