Blue Smoke (TV 2007)

Detective Reena Hale (Witt) is revisited by the stalker who traumatized her years ago by offing any man she fell in love with.

Director:

David Carson

Writers:

Ronni Kern (teleplay), Nora Roberts (novel)

Stars:

Alicia Witt, Scott Bakula, Matthew Settle

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Alicia Witt	...	Reena Hale
Scott Bakula	...	John Minger
Matthew Settle	...	Bo Goodnight
Talia Shire	...	Bianca Hale
Eric Keenleyside	...	Gib Hale
John Reardon	...	Josh
Benjamin Ayres	...	Hugh (as Ben Ayres)
Chris Fassbender	...	Joey Pastorelli Jr.
Taylor Dauphinais	...	Young Reena
David Brown	...	Joe Pastorelli Sr.
Liam Nelson	...	Young Joey Pastorelli Jr.
Rod Heatheringston	...	Steve (as Rod Heatherington)
Chad Nobert	...	Xander Hale
Peter Skagen	...	FBI Agent
Daniela Vlaskalic	...	Fran Hale

Storyline

Watching her family's pizzeria Sirico's burning up when a young girl, Reena Hale decided to follow in the footsteps of Baltimore PD- Fire department liaison, investigator John Minger, and succeeds, except in her parents' case. twice she finds a dream lover, each killed in a fire just before he would propose to her. Hugh's case is clearly arson, and later Josh's is found also to link, the killer even left clues to link to Siricos. Her third lover and neighbor, Bo Goodnight, soon proves the next target, but not the last.

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Plot Keywords:

fire | love | neighbor | arson | stalker | 

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Genres:

Drama | Romance | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

Lifetime TV

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 February 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

Nora Roberts' Blue Smoke

Filming Locations:

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mandalay Television, Stephanie Germain Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

No legitimate firefighter training center anywhere in America would be open long if the "graduation exercise" they had in their burn building included potentially deadly traps. Yet the lead character runs into at least TWO traps that had potential to be deadly.

User Reviews

A decent if unremarkable TV Movie

I just finished watching this film, I did find the film to be quite routine yet still watchable.

It is obviously made for TV and the budget shows, some of the fire effects are cheap, and the acting is serviceable. I have to say though I did find Alicia Witt quite engaging in the lead role (I don't recall seeing her before other than in Urban Legend), I thought her performance was okay and I liked the voice-over in the beginning of the film too. Scott Bakula gives his usual type of performance and the other actors are adequate.

All in all a decent movie to pass the time on TV, but would not recommend buying it.