Mystery Team Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		3.0
Video		4.0
Audio		4.0
Extras		4.0
Overall		3.0

Mystery Team Blu-ray Movie Review

Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman January 27, 2026

It's maybe just slightly comical that there seem to be two subgenres when it comes to sleuths, with one of the two featuring characters on the older end of the spectrum like the recently streamed The Thursday Murder Club, the great old Joan Hixson Miss Marple or the long running (and evidently about to be rebooted) Murder, She Wrote. On the other, more youthful, hand there have been any number of juvenile private detectives ranging from Young Sherlock Holmes to, well, Enola Holmes to the redolent Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys. Mystery Team is kind of a goof on the more adolescent side of things, maybe in more than one way. This feature film born from the efforts of then fledgling YouTube comedy stars Derrick Comedy definitely has a DIY ambience that may not be to everyone's taste, but it has some passing whimsy and may have a bit of "meta" interest for a couple of reasons which will be discussed below.

Jason (Donald Glover), Duncan (D.C. Pierson), and Charlie (Dominic Dierkes) are the focal trio here, supposedly "famous" for years as child detectives, albeit on cases that would hardly merit "A list" status. That all changes when they're approached by a tyke wanting the trio to solve the apparent murder of her parents. It's an odd set up from the get go, and it may be hobbled by some pretty clunky writing where the punchlines probably miss as much as they hit, and where running bits like Jason donning a variety of fake moustaches may be one indication of the level of sight gags. What may be of more interest than the actual film is the cast, which offers Glover in non-Childish Gambino mode, along with the film debuts of Aubrey Plaza, Bobby Moynihan, Ellie Kemper and Ben Schwartz. There's therefore a glut of really appealing talent on screen, but unfortunately the writing may not always support the performers, and this early effort for so many may find at least some of them trying too hard to get bits to land.

Mystery Team Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

Mystery Team is presented on Blu-ray courtesy of Lionsgate Limited and the Vestron Video Collector's Edition imprint with an AVC encoded 1080p transfer in 1.78:1. As almost always tends to be the case with these releases, there's no real technical information imparted other than a generic "digitally restored" on the back cover. The IMDb lists the Red One as the camera of choice but fails to specify a DI resolution, which I suspect was 2K. This is a perfectly agreeable capture that nonetheless simply looks like a TV movie a lot of the time, with a kind of flat lack of dimensionality but generally consistent detail levels on things like costumes (and/or mustaches) and a good accounting of a healthy palette. There's nothing here that's going to knock anyone's socks off, but there's similarly really nothing to complain about.

Mystery Team Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

Mystery Team features Dolby TrueHD 5.1 audio which, somewhat like the video side of things, is perfectly competent but probably nothing that's going to set audiophiles' ears on fire. Glover contributes the score and one tune, but again not specifically in Childish Gambino mode. The music does nicely fill the rear channels at times, but most of the surround activity comes courtesy of the overheated, Three Stooges adjacent material featuring the focal trio, where chaos and cacophony tend to punctuate many of the vignettes. Dialogue is rendered cleanly and clearly throughout. Optional English subtitles are available.

Mystery Team Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

• Not on Our Watch! Investigating Mystery Team (HD; 33:28) will be a fun retrospective for the film's fans, with some enjoyable interviews and lots of backstage info with candid footage.


• The 16 1/2 Anniversary Mystery Team Screening and Q & A (HD; 25:30) is from April 2, 2025 and features Andy Young moderating Dan Eckman (Director, Editor), Meggie McFadden (Producer), DC Pierson (Writer, "Duncan") and Dominic Dierkes (Writer, "Charlie").


• Audio Commentary with Derrick Comedy (Dan Eckman, DC Pierson, Dominic Dierkes, Donald Glover and Meggie McFadden)


• Making "Mystery Team" (HD; 6:23) is an archival featurette.


• Deleted Material (HD; 4:07)


• Pre-Production Test Scene (HD; 2:25)


• Who Is Wally Cummings? (HD; 5:58) is a supposed interview featuring yet another "hilarious" mustache.


• Theatrical Trailer (HD; 2:01)

A digital copy is included. The keepcase sleeve is reversible and packaging features a slipcover.

Mystery Team Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

Reactions to humor are of course at least as subjective as reactions to any other genre, but I have to say I was frankly kind of surprised by how little of Mystery Team really connected comedically for me. I kept wishing some zinger was going to arrive that would finally really tickle my funny bone, but I found a lot of the proceedings here overly forced and tonally all over the place. My hunch is the cast alone will probably be interesting enough for some to want to check this out one way or the other, and for those this release offers solid technical merits and some appealing supplements.