The Second Coming
2014 1h 28m movie Film Taiwan

The Second Coming

重生

The Second Coming is a Taiwan–Hong Kong co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.

Synopsis

重生

All the CHEN family want is a quiet life but as daughter Lucy's behavior changes from strange to violent, they are forced to confront dark secrets they have hidden for years. One by one, their desperate poverty, the mother's rape and the father's revenge by murder return to haunt them…until a searing TRUTH no one knew is revealed. Will this truth give them a second chance to right the wrongs in their lives or destroy them all?

Taiwan × Hong Kong Co-Production

Taiwan (lead)Hong KongSingapore

Other Taiwan×Hong Kong titles

The 2013–2015 Taiwan Window

In the crowded 2013-2015 Taiwan release window, The Second Coming sits at #18 of 19. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.

  1. A Touch of Green
    #1

    A Touch of Green

    ★ 8.3 · 2015
  2. Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above
    #2

    Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above

    ★ 7.6 · 2013
  3. Our Times
    #3

    Our Times

    ★ 7.3 · 2015
  4. Marry Me, or Not?
    #4

    Marry Me, or Not?

    ★ 7.3 · 2015
  5. Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
    #5

    Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema

    ★ 7.2 · 2014
  6. Stray Dogs
    #6

    Stray Dogs

    ★ 6.5 · 2014
  7. Café. Waiting. Love
    #7

    Café. Waiting. Love

    ★ 6.4 · 2014
  8. Journey to the West
    #8

    Journey to the West

    ★ 6.4 · 2014

The 2010s Taiwan Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Taiwan, 70 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Second Coming premiered alongside 7 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 7 other Taiwan films in 2014.

The 114th Taiwan title from Taiwan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1972).

Our Taiwan catalog contains 174 titles in total (149 films).

Audience Engagement

15
Reviews
34th
Review-volume percentile
14th
Popularity percentile

15 audience reviews — more than 34% of Taiwan films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 14th percentile among Taiwan films.

Reception Benchmarks

4.7
TMDB Rating
15
Audience Reviews
Polarizing
Critical Tier

Ranked #168 of 174 Taiwan films indexed here (3rd percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -1.9 points below the Taiwan average of 6.6/10.

Among Taiwan Thriller productions specifically: #15 of 15 (top 100%).

Production Details

Primary CountryTaiwan
All Production CountriesTaiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore
Original LanguageCantonese
Runtime1h 28m
Release DateOctober 26, 2014
IMDbtt2506386