Police detectives and best friends Andreas and Simon are called out to a domestic dispute between a couple caught in a vicious cycle of violence and drugs. When Andreas finds their infant in a closet, he slowly loses his grip on justice, leaving Simon to restore the balance between right and wrong.

Danish director Susanne Bier (In A Better World) has established herself as a masterful director of chilling dramas. In A Second Chance, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau plays a desperate father who is pushed to explore the limits of his own morals in the face of a tragic situation.