Second Nature (2003)

Paul Kane (Alec Baldwin) awakes from a coma with spotty memories of his past including the airplane accident that killed his wife and two daughters and nearly killed him. With the help of a psychiatrist (Lombard) Kane attempts to reconstruct his memories and return to some semblance of his life. Soon Kane is able to remember his career as an American government agent based in London working under Kelton Reed (Powers Boothe). But after recovering from his physical injuries and returning to work Kane discovers that he can no longer carry out his duties and begins to make alarming discoveries that lead him to unlock memories of his shocking past and to question everything - including the motives of everyonearound him and his own identity.Running Time: 91 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLERS UPC: 053939668025 Product Description

A decent TV movie

I have seen a very similar story on Babylon V and I think its a non SF copy. The story itself is of a prisioner who is rehabilitated using a mind control method. However others have a different agenda and attempt to turn him into an assassin. It had enough twists and turns to make it interesting.

The acting was fair. Certainly Alec Baldwin can do much better.

Overall it was quite viewable. Probably worth a look. August 29, 2006

MISTY WATER COLORED MEMORIES

SECOND NATURE examines the intrinsic nature of the human psyche: can a cold blooded killer be reformed and change his killing ways? Alec Baldwin turns in a rather stiff performance as a man who wakes up from a coma after a plane crash that killed his wife and two daughters. He is in England, in the care of lovely psychiatrist Louise Lombard. As pieces of his memories come back, Baldwin starts to wonder just who he was and who he is, and what is his connection with shady Powers Boothe (a rather dull and wooden performance here too). By the time it reaches its revelations at the end, there are so many inconsistencies and implausibilities, SECOND NATURE just can't repair the damage done. A mediocre film at best. May 6, 2005

SUSPEND DISBELIEF, THEN PERHAPS TOLERATE

Good production values, a superb soundtrack and some good suspense shots can all still not make up for a doozy plot. If you don't mind not having to question its theme, the movie is interesting and will keep you guessing. But there are holes big as Gouda in the plot -- stuff like assassins leaving guns with fingerprints behind, people remembering things in a country they've never been in before, people being doctored...oh well, rent it and enjoy some neighborhood-garage type film making. The DVD tells me this was made for TV, so perhaps such a puerile level of oversight is forgiveable, but one wonders how much Baldwin's knees must have heart bending to these lows. March 31, 2004

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