The movie poster after receiving loads of bittersweet thoughts about the film must have felt dumbfounded for picking its 'perfect' tagline for marketing purposes. The movie, except for the bold and downright fierce action work by movie lead, Ryan Reynolds, is nothing but a play-safe, with a script almost thin and editing that is almost weak.
In Ryan Reynold's first ever decent action-drama work, 'Safe House' is about Matt Weston, played by him, genius, in charge for a safe house, an enclosed place wherein important people under government custody are brought to for safety. Tobi Frost is played by Denzel Washington: a deserting and double-crossing CIA agent who was sent to the safe house for betraying the agency. A stir of events, well of course, stirs, of which I can't really reveal, leads Weston escape with Frost off of the house. Together like coffee and cream, Frost and Weston are on the run meanwhile finding out who are up to kill their interracial asses.
Let's be clear: It doesn't necessarily mean that I hate 'Safe House'. In truth, I liked it. It's just that the script was too weak to my standards considering that I tend to be naturally easy to be swept by action-thrillers. That proves that the script was in truth rough.
If there were anything fierce like the crouching tiger about this bantamweight thriller then it is the shrewd and moving acting of the two leads. Washington proves nothing less as an African rogue CIA agent and Reynolds finally finding his balance on the thin line of the action genre. Reynolds is known and recognized for his comic timing and satire skills however he is trashed for his too ambitious dramatic and action-filled character attempts. This, something SAFE... for Reynolds.
In this thriller, we get to sit under the shade of Mission Impossible 3 wherein we won't ditch a female interest instead putting her in to the casserole. 'Safe House' has Reynolds a hot french estrogen (Nora Arnezeder) who will somehow entangle to the plot adding cloy and unfitting drama as felt cheated by not knowing about the agency. And the work. The project. And ultimately, the escape.
To shorten: 'Safe House' is your skillfully choreographed action frenzy and gritty actors revealing a hidden depth beneath Reynolds acting skills. It does have your usual flaws under the action-thriller market, but the movie is of definite certainty, worth a watch.
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