Robert Mitchum played in some wonderful noir-romances during the late 40s to about the mid-1950s. Films like "His Kind of Woman", "Out of the Past" and "Macao" heated up the screen and were terrific entertainment. "Second Chance" is in that same tradition, though it didn't deliver quite the same level of film. It wasn't quite as thrilling, the noir-like cinematography was gone and the romance seemed far less steamy or as believable. It's still watchable...but is a bit of a disappointment.
The film is set in Mexico. Linda Darnell plays a woman who is being pursued by an assassin (Jack Palance). Into the middle of this arrives a boxer (Mitchum) who falls hard for her and won't let anyone, even a psychopathic killer, get in his way. It all ends with a very memorable scene aboard a cable car.
My biggest problem with the film was not the pretty color cinematography. The problem was the romance. It never got particularly hot but what really bothered me is how fast it all occurred. There was no real buildup nor was there any sort of chemistry between them. Too bad the film wasn't slightly rewritten and didn't co-star Jane Russell--a 'broad' who was a great co-star with Mitchum.
The film is set in Mexico. Linda Darnell plays a woman who is being pursued by an assassin (Jack Palance). Into the middle of this arrives a boxer (Mitchum) who falls hard for her and won't let anyone, even a psychopathic killer, get in his way. It all ends with a very memorable scene aboard a cable car.
My biggest problem with the film was not the pretty color cinematography. The problem was the romance. It never got particularly hot but what really bothered me is how fast it all occurred. There was no real buildup nor was there any sort of chemistry between them. Too bad the film wasn't slightly rewritten and didn't co-star Jane Russell--a 'broad' who was a great co-star with Mitchum.