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Safe House

Denzel Washington (Actor), Ryan Reynolds (Actor), Daniel Espinosa (Director) Rated:
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Genre Mystery & Suspense/Thrillers, Action & Adventure
Format Color, NTSC, Widescreen, Multiple Formats
Contributor Daniel Espinosa, Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds
Initial release date 2012-06-05
Language English
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Tobin Frost (Oscar® winner Denzel Washington), one of the CIA's most dangerous traitors, resurfaces in South Africa after eluding capture for almost a decade. During his interrogation, the safe house he's being held in is attacked by brutal mercenaries forcing rookie agent, Matt Weston (Ryan Reynolds) to take the infamous Frost on the run. As the masterful manipulator toys with his reluctant protégé, shaking the young operative's morality and idealism, the unlikely allies must fight to stay alive long enough to uncover who wants them both dead. Packed with intense action and thrilling suspense, Safe House takes you on a deadly ride through a covert world where no one and no place is ever safe.


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  • Making Safe House
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The first hint that Safe House will be a notch above the typical thriller comes from the list of supporting actors: Brendan Gleeson, Vera Farmiga, Sam Shepard, Rubén Blades--that's a smart cast. Then the movie starts quietly: Matt Weston (Ryan Reynolds) holding his girlfriend's hand, Tobin Frost (Denzel Washington) having a drink with an old friend… then that friend gives Frost a microchip and Safe House takes off, accelerating with every scene as legendary rogue agent Frost ends up in the hands of newbie Weston, who's just supposed to watch the safe house where prisoners are held for interrogation. But now Weston is racing across Cape Town and Johannesburg, pursued by ruthless killers, his loyalties tested and manipulated by the infinitely charming Frost. Director Daniel Espinosa skillfully orchestrates jolting action sequences and distills quieter scenes down to their mesmerizing essence. Washington and Reynolds both give their characters emotional complexity and a sense of actual thought going on behind their charismatic movie-star eyes. The plot has its clichés (legendary rogue agent, crucial microchip, CIA corruption and whatnot), but this cast and director make Safe House a genuinely gripping thriller. --Bret Fetzer

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  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 2.40:1
  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.4 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ MCAD61118806D
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Daniel Espinosa
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Color, NTSC, Widescreen, Multiple Formats
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 55 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ June 5, 2012
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds
  • Dubbed: ‏ : ‎ Spanish
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
  • Language ‏ : ‎ Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Universal
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B005LAIGRS
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 9,516 ratings

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Ken
5.0 out of 5 stars 5 Stars
Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2024
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Great Movie. And Pure Fiction. 5 Star Violence Movie. What kind of mind created this Fiction? Action without letup. Best Ryan Reynolds movie ever. Surprise Denzel Washington ending. Guns blazing and people dying. But who can hold a broken piece of glass to stab someone with?
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MJ
5.0 out of 5 stars Action packed!
Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2024
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This movie stressed me out lol. It was so much action and not knowing who to trust. Phenomenal performances. Ending hurt my feelings 😭
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4.0 out of 5 stars A lot of “shootout“ scenes
Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2024
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I am a fan of Denzel, Washington and Ryan Reynolds. Both did a good job acting in the movie. However, this movie has a lot of violence in it. Be prepared for many shooting scenes, fist, fighting scenes, and blood.
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Marc Gregory DiConti
5.0 out of 5 stars Non-Stop Quality
Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2024
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Great action movie with realistic fight and chase scenes. Lots of big name actors, none overpowering the other, but each contributing to making the movie better. Equally good as The Bourne Identity, even a better plot with a moral point.
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Rich Hardy
5.0 out of 5 stars Uncovering Corruption
Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2024
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Fast paced, very violent, w/ a good story line.
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Michael Cast
5.0 out of 5 stars THIS IS ONE OF THOSE "GOTTA SEE Movies!" POWERFUL. THRILLING, HORRIFYING...
Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2016
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OH, THIS IS A GOOD ONE...

Washington, and Ryan make a super duo. Washington plays the part of a rogue deep cover operator. Ryan is a newbie. He's left to man this particular safe house. One of the many, many Safe Houses that are scattered everywhere across the world. Ryan's character is young, enthusiastic, at the VERY peak of health, constantly training, espionage, and everything else that it takes to be...dangerous, to become one of the best. Unfortunately, He doesn't even exist. His girlfriend thinks he just has a "Government job." He hasn't told her any different. But subterfuge, even by omission is still bull$#!+ ...So, day after day, after week, after months of sitting in a completely empty apartment. He's a glorified babysitter.
***Washington's character, as I said, is a deep cover operator. REALLY deep. As a matter of fact, he's walking around with enough info to wipe out a whole viper den of corruption from the top to the bottom of just about every nation...including our own...
Creepy, right? Well, Washington's character is on the run. Some very dangerous people are willing to do anything AND everything, to kill him before he spills the info; he's finally captured (on purpose) and taken to, one of our Super Max hide and disappear programs. When they spill through the door, Ryan's world is about to change...forever. it's an assignment alright. They need to hide this super-operator. Recover the data, and prepare him for immediate extraction. Ryan's character is frustrated. He wants an op. He's wasting his talents (of which not even his superiors know how truly competent he is!
Okay. I'm stopping there. But rest assured Washington's character has been doing this for years. He is so dangerous..so great are his skills, so ruthless that it is really scary. Within moments, the safe house is breached, everyone is butchered, so Ryan takes a chance, and decides to takes his "prisoner" in. Ryan's character doesn't have a chance. Within just a little while, Ryan is awed and ashamed of how fast he loses the much more experienced operator. But there's one thing that every single hit squad, every attempted procurement, and dozens of operators trying their best to recapture washington, they have overlooked one detail..They all have forgotten about The Newbie. Having absolutely no other choice, the two hunted operators has to trust each other to escape. Little by little, Washington begins to be impressed. Ryan is NO ONE TO FOOL WITH. Both of them are lethal. Washington's character is ruined. He trusts no one. He has never had anyone that could protect his six. Ryan is unwavering in his altruism and honor. His unwillingness to kill, his steadfast belief in his country... surprises Washington...washington had been the best. But there is something to this newbie...This was a great movie. The finale scenes are so powerful that it actually choked me up. Now that's some acting!!
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3.0 out of 5 stars Denzel is Good, But...
Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2012
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Matt Weston (Ryan Reynolds) is a CIA Agent eager for a new assignment. After almost a year as the "landlord" of a safe house in Cape Town, he wants to transfer to a more high-profile gig. He spends his days bouncing a ball against the walls, trying to stave off boredom. He is surprised to get a last minute reservation; the CIA has captured Tobin Frost (Denzel Washington), a notorious and very dangerous ex-CIA agent who is now considered a traitor. No sooner has Frost been brought in than a group of renegades break into the safe house and start shooting. Matt manages to smuggle Tobin out and the chase begins.

Written by David Guggenheim (his second film) and directed by Daniel Espinosa (his first Hollywood film), "Safe House" has all the makings of a top-notch thriller directed by Tony Scott. In fact, I thought it was a Tony Scott film when I saw the trailer for the first time. But that isn't a compliment.

The film begins by establishing both lead characters. We spend a significant amount of time watching Tobin weave in and out of the crowds and dark alleyways of Cape Town. Eventually, he meets another agent and buys a chip containing some very damaging information. Once he takes possession, it seems like everyone is out to get him. But Tobin has some moves and manages to escape them every time. Well, almost every time...

Matt wakes up next to his beautiful French girlfriend and they talk about the future. She wants to move back to France and he is itching for a different assignment. He pushes his mentor (Brendan Glesson) to get him reassigned. At lunch, she says she doesn't have to be at work for an hour, they should go back home and make love. At work, he walks the empty halls of the 'clinic' and eventually starts bouncing a ball against the wall.

All of this is actually interesting because it helps to establish and build each of these characters, giving us some insight into their lives and we realize each one is in a very different place with a completely different skill set. Through the course of the chase, each person will have to rely on the other and use their skills to help both of them survive.

Once the men break into the safe house and start shooting, everything starts to go wrong.

As soon as Tobin arrives, he size up Matt. The men who have captured Tobin push the younger agent to one side, treating him like the insignificant innkeeper he is. Nothing escapes Tobin's eyes and he turns on the Hannibal Lecter-ese; the crazy, super-intelligent mad man persona. He starts to goad Matt, saying things like "Tick Tock" to get the younger, less experienced agent to make a rash decision. He doesn't expect Matt to be of any consequence.

Matt is inexperienced, but because he wants a more exciting post, he isn't about to let anything happen to Tobin and smuggles him out steps ahead of the men who stormed the safe house.

Once Matt and Tobin start to run through the streets, trying to evade the men, the film becomes incredibly routine.

These characters are a fun thing to watch. For a few minutes. And then you realize you have seen these types of performances a million times before. It just becomes so boring, so quickly.

Washington is a great actor and always brings a palpable intensity to his performances. And Tobin Frost is no exception. From the moment we first set eyes on Tobin, we know there is something going on beneath the surface. He isn't telling everything to everyone. He has some ulterior motive to his actions.

But he has done this type of character before. And there really isn't anything new in this portrayal.

I think Washington is a cinematic tour de force, but he needs better direction. He works with Tony Scott on an abnormally frequent basis. Many successful directors and actors have created legacies together. Scorcese and DeNiro and DiCaprio. Hitchcock and Grant and Stewart. Ford and Wayne. Huston and Bogart. There are many, many more. And you can just tick off the names of movies that will stand the test of time associated with each of these teams. On the flipside, many successful, well-known actors continue to work with the same people. This doesn't stretch their talents and they continue to make the same films. Washington has the talent to join DeNiro, Grant and Stewart. He doesn't deserve to be lumped in with actors like Will Ferrell and Adam Sandler.

Ryan Reynolds has made an interesting transformation over the last few years. He used to do a lot of broad comedies, a lot of comedies filled with low brow humor. Then, he made "The Proposal" and has been in some action films, transforming his whole persona, trying to become a big-time movie star. His status is certainly on the rise, but the lackluster performance of "Green Lantern" and "The Change-Up" last summer didn't help. But what the diversity of his films shows is that he can do action, he can do comedy, he can do low brow. He is also a very good-looking guy, which doesn't hurt. People obviously see the potential and believe he will deliver on it.

Reynolds does a nice job with Matt. We immediately get who he is; his ambitions, his unfulfilled promise, his boredom. These all paint a very different picture of who he actually is. Than, all of a sudden, everything in his life changes and he will have to use all of the long-dormant skills and lessons, many never used and only learned, to stay alive.

"Safe House" holds a lot of promise, but it has a number of problems creating the equivalent of a wash. It isn't a good thing when your film is reminiscent of Tony Scott's work. When someone mentions Tony Scott, my guess is the first thing you will think of is over-editing. Editing is an art form, used to tell a story, to keep the audience engaged. How is it possible for anyone to get engaged in a story when no shot lasts more than a few seconds? Can you watch a film with a constantly moving hand-held camera? No. These are the tell-tale signs of Scott's work. It almost seems like he uses the over-editing to hide his lack of story telling ability and his lack of creativity. Because he doesn't give us time to concentrate on anything, it is more difficult for most to notice the problems. Espinosa is clearly influenced by Scott. Too bad he didn't look to Ridley, Tony's brother, for inspiration.

If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? Using that philosophical question lets take a brief look at this suspense film. One of the key factors to a successful suspense film is that it surprises the viewer. If a suspense film doesn't have any surprises, can the audience enjoy it? Very early on, you will be able to guess who is pulling all of the strings behind the scenes. When this becomes evident, the film just becomes a long chase and you will probably be able to guess how that will end. And the little twists and turns are all predictable as well because they have to happen. The filmmakers know they need to keep us guessing, so they throw in these little moments, these little surprises.

"Safe House" is okay. But it promises much more than it delivers. And for that reason, it is truly disappointing.
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Reviewed in France on March 24, 2024
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Ilaria
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfetto
Reviewed in Italy on August 7, 2020
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Comprato per mio padre, in fissa per questo tipo di film. È rimasto molto contento, non ha avuto alcun problema: il prodotto è arrivato integro e funzionante.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Ok
Reviewed in Spain on August 9, 2023
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Davide S.
5.0 out of 5 stars Un piccolo Bourne!
Reviewed in Italy on July 11, 2015
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Mi ha colpito questo film, in Italia è passato quasi inosservato e non ne capisco il motivo, è davvero un piccolo Bourne, c'è tutto, inseguimenti con auto e a piedi, assalti armati, sparatorie, agenti corrotti, davvero l'azione è curata tantissimo e i dialoghi non sono da meno. Mi è piaciuto più questo che il tanto lodato The Equalizer sempre con Denzel Washington. Lo consiglio veramente a tutti.
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