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66% Critic Match
A Second Chance
“How far would you go?”
6.6 / 10• 2015• 1h 43m•NR• Danish
ThrillerDrama
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Andreas
Lead
Ulrich Thomsen
Simon
Nikolaj Lie Kaas
Tristan
May Andersen
Sanne
Maria Bonnevie
Anna
Kirsten Lehfeldt
Julie
Peter Haber
Gustav
Ewa Fröling
Ingrid
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Susanne Bier's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. A Second Chance is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
