The Second
Story of a famous author who recently has published her new thriller novel. When she has some conflicts with her best friend and muse, he reveals the dark secret behind her first novel's provenance, the thing that threatens her whole career and reputation.
11 February 1971, Beverly, Yorkshire, England, UK
26 May 1971, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
6 November 1966, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
1959, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
July 19, 2018
A mostly engrossing mystery-thriller anchored by terrific performances by Rachael Blake and Susie Porter, though in the end it's a little unmoored by its own unnecessary tricksiness.
July 10, 2018
"The Second" is a sexy and satisfying thriller that toys with time, memory and the provocative side of storytelling.
July 05, 2018
This stupendously pretentious Australian drama is so one-of-a-kind awful, making another would just kill its chances of unwittingly becoming a cult/camp classic.
July 04, 2018
This remains, despite the onerous intellectualising, an engaging perspective explored with energy and verve.
July 05, 2018
...the plotline unfolds with such a lack of clarity that it is hard to know what The Second saying about the sexual power, or disempowerment, of teen girls.
