Product Details

• Actors: Clive Owen, Claire Skinner, Stuart Wilson (II), Phoebe Nicholls, Selina Boyack
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Original recording reissued, NTSC
• Language: English, German
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 2
• Studio: Wgbh / Pbs
• VHS Release Date: May 1, 2001
• Run Time: 180 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005JHCG
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #380,302 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

From Paula Milne, the multi-award winning writer of The Politician's Wife, comes this taut psychological thriller starring Clive Owen (Croupier, Closer) and Claire Skinner (Inspector Morse). Ross Tanner (Owen) is a hotshot police detective who lives for the thrill of the chase—while desperate to conceal a terrifying secret: he's losing his vision. Competitive graduate officer D.I. Catherine Tully (Skinner) is drafted into Tanner's crime unit to help investigate an apparently motiveless murder of a nineteen-year-old college student. Soon enough Catherine realized the nature of Tanner's dreadful secret and an uneasy alliance is formed between them. She will be his eyes, on certain conditions—terms which will enhance her career prospects. As Tanner's relationship with the world becomes increasingly fragile he learns that there is more to murder than meets the eye. Insight prevails over eyesight as he discovers that success and survival will depend on the use of all his senses.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars SPELLBINDING HERO MAKES SERIES CRACKLE., October 10, 2001

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RALPH PETERS (CLOVIS, CA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Second Sight (Box Set) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

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.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Riveting Mystery, Very Similiar to Prime Suspect, January 9, 2000

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This review is from: Second Sight [VHS] (VHS Tape)

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.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Touching and Creative - not your typical detective show!, May 21, 2004

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C. Erwinloomis "wellwords" (Austin, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Second Sight Season 1 (DVD)

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.