在这部第二生命科幻/惊悚/悬疑片中,一个非常秘密的组织专门为富人提供生命的第二次机会，当客户想成为某一个人，他们便用外科手术帮他们整容，并让客户“死去”，让他们拥有另一个新的生活。但有一件事是他们所没有预料到的……
Middle-aged banker Arthur Hamilton is given the opportunity to start a completely new life when he receives calls from his old friend Charlie. The only problem is that Charlie is supposed to be dead. Hamilton is eventually introduced to a firm that will fake his death and create an entirely new look and life for him. After undergoing physical reconstruction surgery and months of training and psychotherapy, Hamilton returns to the world in the form of artist Tony Wilson. He has a nice house in Malibu and a manservant, a company employee who is there to assist him with his adjustment. He finds that the life he had hoped for isn't quite what he expected and asks the company to go through the process with surprising results.
重生的假设。现实主义浮士德。旧秩序与新梦想——死亡驱力与升华。这不是西方画皮鬼故事。[Film Review] Seconds (1966) 7.1/10。如果给你一次重新来过的机会，你真的会接受吗？。第二生命、脱胎换骨，第一生命、黄金夏季。《脱胎换骨》--想法颇有新意，实施差强人意。
