Second Skin

Dec 22, 2000

1h 35m

★ 4.7

A beautiful woman. A deadly scheme. A perfect murder.

Overview

A man opens a small-town bookstore in order to escape his connections to a mobster, but is reluctantly drawn back to his dark past by a mysterious woman.

Genres

Drama

Thriller

Romance

Second Skin Trailers

Cast

Crystal

Natasha Henstridge

Sam Kane

Angus Macfadyen

Tommy G

Liam Waite

Merv Gutman

Peter Fonda

Harvey

André Jacobs

Sheila

Ana Alexander

Hawthorne

Norman Anstey

Nick the Noodle

Pierre Malherbe

In the outskirts of the city, where crime is a way of life, the paths of four desperate people collide. Jordan Coleman, a local drug dealer, finds himself at a crossroads when his friend and mentor gets in too deep with a ruthless gangster and club owner. Chelsea Hammond, an exotic dancer, finds herself being pushed into the dark world of adult entertainment as she fights to regain control of her life. Narcotics detective Sam Riley struggles with an online addiction he has tried to keep hidden from his wife. Reformed street thug Harrison Green goes back to his old neighborhood to try and connect with a street brother he left behind. These four will face their ultimate test at the hands of Copernicus Jones, a ruthless gangster who will let nothing stand in his way.

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