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Summary: One of the best mysteries I've seen in a long time
Review: Clive Owen is amazing as he plays both a tough detective and as a man struggling with some very intense personal issues. Great as both a mystery and as a human nature study. Loved every second.
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Summary: Classy production: but......
Review: Clive Owen is superb as British Chief Detective Inspector Ross Tanner. Ensemble cast (some of whom worked with him in existential thriller CROUPIER)is equally excellent in BBC production which rings with psychological intensity and character development. This American MASTERPIECE THEATRE presentation of SECOND SIGHT has added class of Diana Rigg introducing "the game to be a'foot". But there ARE problems...Paula Milne's screen play, while providing fascinating vehicle for potential super star Owen (who's been offered role of 007 when Pierce Brosnan hangs-up License to Kill; and starring role in a renewed BATMAN project from Frank Miller's canon),traps itself in foreshadowing it fails to successfuly resolve. Final confrontation between Owen and his prime suspect in murder case ensconsed in suicide,incest,drug abuse and hints of homosexual perversion, ANNOUNCES(like Greek chorus keeping score)the solution. "Anti-climactic" is polite for tacked-on denouement with Ross' not-as-clever as we/he/BBC thought,antagonist. The virtual ANTAGONIST in Second Sight is Tanner opposing himself. It almost works. Owen is riveting in near-despair battle with encroaching blindness; and heart warming with his battle to be father and hero to his son(whom he may lose to divorced-wife's beau,"Frank"). But "deus ex post-modernist machina" quality of the ending...including avoided, crucial confrontation with Ross' Detective Commissioner superior that should've raised hell...diminishes what could've been classic Police Procedural in nobody-does-it-better British tradition. SECOND SIGHT is definitely worth viewing; even a SECOND one. Even actors good as Clive Owen cannot(demonstrated in recent adult fairy-tale,BEYOND BORDERS, where pretentious PC morality agenda nearly does-in good adventure/romance)dam-up plot holes Ms.Milne's ambitious failure in craft have punched in her own story. This is classy,handsome production: but some editor should've reviewed the script
with timely SECOND SIGHT.
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Summary: OK but not great mystery with lots of predictability
Review: DCI Tanner is a man who needs no help to crack the toughest cases. On his most recent murder he is assigned a new assistant who is looking to use this case to clear her sullied reputation. When Tanner's eyesight begins to fail he decides to brazen it out and conceal his disability. When detective Tully finds out the truth she offers to strike a deal with Tanner and serve as his eyes in exchange for his pushing her career along. The case allows them both to gain respect for each other and to learn that a sharp mind is more important than sharp eyes in police work.
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Summary: OK but not great mystery with lots of predictability
Review: DCI Tanner is a man who needs no help to crack the toughest cases. On his most recent murder he is assigned a new assistant who is looking to use this case to clear her sullied reputation. When Tanner's eyesight begins to fail he decides to brazen it out and conceal his disability. When detective Tully finds out the truth she offers to strike a deal with Tanner and serve as his eyes in exchange for his pushing her career along. The case allows them both to gain respect for each other and to learn that a sharp mind is more important than sharp eyes in police work.
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Summary: SPELLBINDING HERO MAKES SERIES CRACKLE.
Review: Fans of the art house cult hit CROUPIER will delight in this first entry in yet another first-rate British mystery series. Clive Owen, who made Jack Manfred a classic antihero in CROUPIER, fleshes out a fascinating character in DCI Ross Tanner as the SECOND SIGHT series begins with this two-tape set. Tanner is a divorced (aren't they always?) workaholic with an ambitious ex-wife and an adoring young son who seems to double as Tanner's only real friend. In this go-round, Tanner is beginning to lose his eyesight to a rare disease for which there stands no present cure. Hiding his condition and his terror is not going to be easy, however. The fadeouts are unpredictable and often frightening and his new partner, Catherine Tully, is on to him. Equally ambitious, and out to correct an old wrong, Tully offers to be Tanner's eyes if he will give her a crack at their new case--the death of a young university student in his own backyard while no one in the family seemed to notice. Claire Skinner is, as always, expert and enjoyable to watch but its Clive Owen's show all the way. His unconventional good looks and rugged exterior share space with a tender, devoted father and a fair-minded, ingenious detective but Owen also gives Ross Tanner something else, that rarest of things in movie characters--the suggestion of an inner life which is every bit as fascinating as his day-to-day crime solving. Great production values and fine supporting performances (especially from Stuart Wilson and Phoebe Nicholls) make SECOND SIGHT a must for any British mystery video library.
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Summary: SPELLBINDING HERO MAKES SERIES CRACKLE.
Review: Fans of the art house cult hit CROUPIER will delight in this first entry in yet another first-rate British mystery series. Clive Owen, who made Jack Manfred a classic antihero in CROUPIER, fleshes out a fascinating character in DCI Ross Tanner as the SECOND SIGHT series begins with this two-tape set. Tanner is a divorced (aren't they always?) workaholic with an ambitious ex-wife and an adoring young son who seems to double as Tanner's only real friend. In this go-round, Tanner is beginning to lose his eyesight to a rare disease for which there stands no present cure. Hiding his condition and his terror is not going to be easy, however. The fadeouts are unpredictable and often frightening and his new partner, Catherine Tully, is on to him. Equally ambitious, and out to correct an old wrong, Tully offers to be Tanner's eyes if he will give her a crack at their new case--the death of a young university student in his own backyard while no one in the family seemed to notice. Claire Skinner is, as always, expert and enjoyable to watch but its Clive Owen's show all the way. His unconventional good looks and rugged exterior share space with a tender, devoted father and a fair-minded, ingenious detective but Owen also gives Ross Tanner something else, that rarest of things in movie characters--the suggestion of an inner life which is every bit as fascinating as his day-to-day crime solving. Great production values and fine supporting performances (especially from Stuart Wilson and Phoebe Nicholls) make SECOND SIGHT a must for any British mystery video library.
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Summary: A Riveting Mystery, Very Similiar to Prime Suspect
Review: I found "Second Sight" to be very interesting and enjoyable. For someone who misses the "Prime Suspect" series I found "Second Sight" to be an excellant substitute. I also found the two stars to be excellant actors and the mystery a true mystery. If you like "Prime Suspect" or just British mysteries period I would recommend this one.
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Summary: Touching and Creative - not your typical detective show!
Review: I found this show on at 1 am one night, and was caught. I didn't know what day it played, or at first what channel it was on, so I found myself staying up, flipping channels to find it. After that I realized it might be better to use the TV Guide. This is a wonderful show. It's star is arresting, both vulnerable and strong at the same time. I try to avoid watching anything that doesn't catch my creative eye, and this did, completely. Such a show you would normally assume to be firmly within the usual "detective show" genre. It wasn't. It was wonderful. Creative, imaginative, touching and appealing. Beginning to end it was awesome.
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Summary: Touching and Creative - not your typical detective show!
Review: I found this show on at 1 am one night, and was caught. I didn't know what day it played, or at first what channel it was on, so I found myself staying up, flipping channels to find it. After that I realized it might be better to use the TV Guide. This is a wonderful show. It's star is arresting, both vulnerable and strong at the same time. I try to avoid watching anything that doesn't catch my creative eye, and this did, completely. Such a show you would normally assume to be firmly within the usual "detective show" genre. It wasn't. It was wonderful. Creative, imaginative, touching and appealing. Beginning to end it was awesome.
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Summary: Amazing! I loved it.
Review: I highly recommend Second Sight and its sequel.
I think I have a new favorite actor... Clive. I hope I can find him in other features. He was just superb. A very compelling actor. I hope to see him in some big feature films in the US. He is an actor to watch. There's a lot of meat there in his acting ability.
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