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30 September 1999 (USA) morePlot:
A hard-working detective tries to disguise the fact that he's going blind, while working on a challenging murder case. full summary | add synopsisNewsDesk:
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Marginal fodder for TV mystery junkies more (7 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Clive Owen | ... | DCI Ross Tanner |
 | Claire Skinner | ... | DI Catherine Tully |
 | Stuart Wilson | ... | Adam Bendrix / Jack Kenworthy |
| Phoebe Nicholls | ... | Judith Bendrix |
| Selina Boyack | ... | DC Holt |
| Stephen Critchlow | ... | Police psychologist |
| Rebecca Egan | ... | Marilyn Tanner |
| Ben Smith | ... | Sam Tanner (as Benjamin Smith) |
| Louise Atkins | ... | Tracy Villiers |
| Donald Douglas | ... | Dr. Peters |
| Jonell Elliott | ... | Lisa |
| David Fahm | ... | DS Mayfield |
 | Eddie Marsan | ... | Liam Morrison / Gardener |
| James Greene | ... | Dr. Goddard, Ophtalmic Surgeon |
| Glyn Grimstead | ... | Crime scene manager |
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Clive Owen brings his almost complete absence of charisma and scant repertoire of nuances to "Second Sight" as a detective who may or may not be losing his sight depending on who you believe; host Diana Rigg or the doctor characters. A much too pat and uninspired Brit detective series about a workaholic divorced sleuth with personal issues, DCI Tanner (Owen), "Second Sight" is full of nonsequiturs, plot holes, and just plain shoddy work. Owen does the usual connecting of dots expected of mysteries while maintaining the pitiful I've-been-screwed-by-life attitude you would expect of a terminal cancer patient not one whose just may be going blind and especially not one who sees perfectly when required of the plot and otherwise when not. All the while, Tanner has what Rigg describes as a "torrid" affair with his sidekick which is little more than a few seconds in the sack and sees visions (the second sight thing) which are rationalized by some mumbo-jumbo about his medical condition. Pale in comparison with the Brit "Cracker" series, "Second Sight" is little more than par fodder for TV junkies. I gave up on it with about 10 minutes to go in the 2nd DVD. (C+)