Second Coming – Film Review

Idris Elba plays Mark, a railway engineer married to welfare officer Jax (Nadine Marshall, Love At First Sight). The couple live in London with their son (Kai Francis Lewis), and while early mealtime scenes appear happy enough, the impression of domestic bliss is quickly shattered. Jax is pregnant, but Mark isn’t the father and the situation leads to some uncomfortable scenes, which Bafta-winning playwright and first-time director Debbie Tucker Green executes unflinchingly. As Jax spirals into silent depression, Mark looms from the screen like a wounded giant. Elba’s presence is compelling, and when he grunts “Shit” in response to his wife asking “How’s work?” at dinner, the awkwardness is stifling.