A Second Chance

A tense, emotionally wrenching moral drama that keeps you on edge with its raw portrayal of grief and desperate choices.

Directed by

Susanne Bier

Genres

Thriller, Drama

Starring

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Ulrich Thomsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas

Tagline

How far would you go?

Overview

Detectives and best friends Andreas and Simon lead vastly different lives; Andreas has settled down with his beautiful wife and son; while Simon, recently divorced, spends most of his waking hours getting drunk at the local strip club. But all that changes when the two of them are called out to a domestic dispute between a junkie couple, caught in a vicious cycle of violence and drugs. It all looks very routine – until Andreas finds the couple's infant son, crying in a closet. The usually collected policeman finds himself confronted with his own powerlessness and is shaken to his core. As Andreas slowly loses his grip on justice, it suddenly becomes up to the unruly Simon to restore the balance between right and wrong.

How it feels

Dark, tense, melancholic and earnest. Brisk and needs your attention.

About

Grief, morality, family, guilt

Content

Strong violence and language. Mild gore and sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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