Safe House is another film which it’s taken me a while to review – but that’s no reflection on the film itself. Telling the story of a CIA agent who struggles with his out of the action job running a safe house in South Africa, his life suddenly takes a turn for the dramatic when internationally wanted criminal and former agent Tobin Frost (Denzel Washington) is brought in one night. After the safe house is attacked, agent Matt Weston (Ryan Reynolds) finds himself on the run with a wanted criminal, with no back up and no idea who to trust. Exciting stuff.
Essentially this film was pretty straightforward as this genre goes. Sadly most of the twists you saw coming from a mile away, but Washington and Reynolds were a pretty impressive combo and I really enjoyed the way their characters interacted. The ending was surprisingly moving too and the action scenes – particularly the car scenes – definitely kept me on the edge of my seat.
This film was pretty average in terms of all the films I’ve seen so far this year, and that’s despite the fact it stars my super crush Ryan Reynolds. It’s worth a watch if you enjoy this type of thing, but I probably wouldn’t watch it again and I wouldn’t recommend people go out of their way to get hold of it when it’s released on DVD. Not bad for a night in, and a good couple compromise with the totty versus action. Healthy but fairly average 6/10 Kx.
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