Safe House (2012):

Starring:

Ryan Reynolds - Matt Weston

Denzel Washington - Tobin Frost

Vera Farmiga - Catherine Linklater

Brendan Gleeson - David Barlow

Sam Shepard - Harlan Whitford

Ruben Blades - Carlos Villar

Nora Arnezeder - Ana Moreau

Robert Patrick - Daniel Kiefer

Liam Cunningham - Alec Wade

Joel Kinnaman - Keller

Fares Fares - Vargas

Director:

Daniel Espinosa (First Feature Film)

Synopsis:

Matt Weston has been frustrated by his inactive, backwater post in Cape Town. A "housekeeper" who aspires to be a full-fledged agent has been waiting for an opportunity to prove himself. When the first and only occupant he's had proves to be the most dangerous man he's ever met, Weston readies for duty. Tobin Frost has eluded capture for almost a decade. One of the best ops men that the CIA's known, the ex-intelligence officer has given up assets and sold military intel to anyone with cash since he turned. The damage he's done to the U.S. is immeasurable. As soon as Frost is brought in for debriefing, mercenaries come and tear apart Weston's safe house. Barely escaping, the unlikely partners must discover if their attackers have been sent by terrorists or someone on the inside who will kill anyone standing in the way.

Review:

No One Is Safe. No One Is House.

It's a pretty simple, run of the mill action packed CIA thriller with every little cliche of the genre crammed in. Corruption, Lies, Murder, Secret files full of names of bad guys within the CIA etc. It's all there. Incredibly predictable & very generic. Denzel is in it..... but his heart isn't. He does have a few bad ass kill scenes though, but he is definentaly mailing this one in. Reynold is trying his hardest to make it a good film. He does a great job of being a developing action star. He doesn't have to do very much comic relief in this one, which helps his cause. The supporting cast has great actors in some lack luster roles. Lead by Brendan Gleeson who is always awesome, but his role is the most predictable part of the entire movie. He's Reynolds liason to the agency who is also the bad guy trying to get frost. Very lame & predictable. Was hoping it would be a slight twist, but I was let down. Sam Sheperd is also here but also mailing it in. Some movie's are just a paycheck. Action; sequences are good, lots of gun fights, car chases, escapes all that jazz. Overall it was an average CIA movie, above average action with some lack luster performances.

Budget: $85,000,000

Box Office: $202,482,728

Profit: $117,482,728

Rotten Tomatoes:  54%

Flixster: 66%

66%

 

Lead Acting: 11/15

Supporting Cast: 12/15

Plot: 5/10

Compared To The Genre: 3/10

Cinematography: 15/20

Intrigue: 14/20

Extra: 6/10