The film sees the pairing of Ryan Reynolds (Green Lantern) who plays low level house keeper Matt Weston and Denziel Washington (Training Day) who plays Tobin Frost, an ex CIA agent accused of seeling secrets, now in the hands of a file detailing corrupt Intelligence agents.
The pairing are very impressive together and both have been cast perfectly, Ryan Reynolds is particuarly impressive, I could not think of a different casting, it is one of the film’s strengths.
But saying that, there is nothing here that audiences have not seen before, as far as Action/Thrillers go it ticks all the boxes, gun toting action scenes, fist fights and unexpected twists.
The action scenes are very impressive, because of the fact that they feel raw adds to the realism and stops them from just being busy. A good example of this is the early car chase scene and the hand to hand combat scenes which are well choreographed and effective.
The premise of the film takes place in South Africa, although the location is only a mere backdrop to the film, the film does it justice, the environments seem alive rather than static, which always helps with a film that is relatively fast paced.
But the biggest problem with ‘Safe House’ is that it just tries to be too safe, with a few more tweaks and ambition it could have been more than just a popcorn flick. As the film begins to unravel at the end it falls into the territory of being a little predictable and slightly underwhelming.
I won’t give too much away but the ending is also a bit of a let down, when you think and when I think it should have ended it provides us with another few minutes of plot development, on which the film ends on a rather different and conventional note.
If you want a decent night out at the cinema for a couple of hours, then there is not much you can go wrong with ‘Safe House’, it’s fun and entertaining but nothing much else…but there’s nothing wrong with that is there?
3/5
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