Title: Second Nature
Stars: Alec Baldwin, Powers Boothe,
Louise Lombard, and Philip Jackson
Writers: E. Max Frye and Steve
Griffiths
Based On A Story By: E. Max Frye
Director: Ben Bolt
Running Time: 91 minutes without
commercials
Media: TNT Original Television Motion
Picture (NTSC VHS Screener)
World Premiere Sunday, June 22, 2003,
at 8pm (ET/PT)
Network: Turner Network Television
(Check your local cable/satellite listings for channel)
TV Rating: TV-14
Reviewer: Mark A. Rivera
Alec Baldwin served as one of the executive producers and stars in this thriller for TNT. Baldwin stars as Paul Kane, a man who awakes from a coma with scattered memories of his past, including the airplane accident that killed his family and nearly ended his life. With the help of a psychiatrist (Louise Lombard), Kane attempts to reconstruct his memories only to discover he was a government assassin. His boss (Powers Boothe) is eager to bring Kane back into the fold, but Kane can no longer do his job. As he begins to question the nature of everything around him, he soon discovers that there may have been more to his own past motivations than he ever imagined.
“Second Nature”
follows the same kind of paradigm found in thrillers as diverse as “The Bourne
Identity” and “Total Recall,” but while even subtle imitation can be
flattery, it does not necessarily elevate a TV movie above the usual pulp. Alec
Baldwin and Powers Boothe deliver great screen performances with lots of
presence, but even with their talents, there is nothing to hide the fact that
“Second Nature” feels more like an imitation of something else that was done
a lot better beforehand too. So as long as viewers watch without great
expectations, “Sudden Nature” is a fine popcorn TV thriller, but little
else. “Sudden Nature” will debut on TNT on Sunday, June 22, 2003, at 8pm
(ET/PT) with encores as follow below.
Sunday,
June 22, 2003, at 10pm (ET/PT)
Sunday,
June 22, 200s, at 12am (ET/PT)
Wednesday,
June 25, 2003, at 9pm (ET/PT)
Wednesday,
June 25, 2003, at 11pm (ET/PT)
Saturday,
June 28, 2003, at 1pm (ET/PT)
Sunday,
June 29, 2003, at 9am (ET/PT)
Sunday,
June 29, 2003, at 12am (ET/PT)
© Copyright 2003 By
Mark A. Rivera
All Rights Reserved.