Lest there be any lingering doubt, director Ramin Bahrani intones in narration over his first documentary feature “2nd Chance” that this is a metaphor for America.
This isn’t particularly surprising given that his subject Richard Davis, a pioneer of the concealable bulletproof vest, straddles the country’s dark fascinations with violence and capitalism.
But it also isn’t entirely accurate, either. The line feels like a holdover from an earlier incarnation of the film Bahrani couldn’t bear to excise.
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