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Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds star in the action-thriller Safe House. Washington plays the most dangerous renegade from the CIA, who comes back onto the grid after a decade on the run. When the South African safe house he's remanded to is attacked by mercenaries, a rookie operative (Reynolds) escapes with him. Now, the unlikely allies must stay alive long enough to uncover who wants them dead. -- (C) Official Site
Quick Facts
- Safe House is Rated Unrated
- Safe House was released on February 10, 2012
- Safe House has a critic review score of 54
- Safe House has an audience score of 69
- Safe House is No Longer In Theaters
Los Angeles Times
Feb 11, 2012
Richard Roeper / Richard Roeper.com
Feb 10, 2012
Nothing really new here, but the cast is first-rate.
Rafer Guzman / Newsday
Feb 10, 2012
"Safe House" has just enough bone density to emit some satisfying cracks and pops whenever the action gets going.
Stephen Whitty / Newark Star-Ledger
Feb 10, 2012
Whatever its flaws, the film gives you no chance to get bored.
Tom Long / Detroit News
Feb 10, 2012
"Safe House" is a safe bet if you're in the market for a conspiracy-driven action drama. There are times you wish it wasn't quite so safe, but it does deliver the bang for your bucks.
John DeFore / Washington Post
Feb 10, 2012
As fun as the movie occasionally is, it can't make its own drama convincing, much less give Reynolds the nudge he needs toward Matt Damon-ville.
Kyle Smith / New York Post
Feb 10, 2012
"Safe House" may strike you as a brilliant movie, provided you've seen fewer than, say, 10 spy thrillers. I've seen more than 10 spy thrillers.
Liam Lacey / Globe and Mail
Feb 10, 2012
A movie with a double-crossing intelligence plot that's so generic it's an irritating intrusion in a lively chase through the streets and shantytowns of Cape Town, South Africa.
Chris Vognar / Dallas Morning News
Feb 09, 2012
It's pretty good.
Mick LaSalle / San Francisco Chronicle
Feb 09, 2012
"Safe House" is an idea for a movie.
Peter Howell / Toronto Star
Feb 09, 2012
Washington's Tobin is a pedantic cipher and Reynolds' Weston a dull Dudley Do-Right, and the resulting mix, apart from a few good chases, is bland enough to bottle for Gerber's.
John Anderson / Wall Street Journal
Feb 09, 2012
"Safe House" is a sturdy enough thriller, but one that consistently defaults to the less interesting of its two lead characters.
Kenneth Turan / Los Angeles Times
Feb 09, 2012
It ... shows how much can be done with a business-as-usual CIA-thriller script when it's bolstered by effective acting and expert direction.
Ian Buckwalter / NPR
Feb 09, 2012
Excellent performances from both Washington and Reynolds can't can't save Safe House from its boilerplate-thriller bones.
Claudia Puig / USA Today
Feb 09, 2012
Safe House is a bracing action thriller made all the more watchable because of its two lead performances.
Richard Corliss / TIME Magazine
Feb 09, 2012
Safe House plows through its familiar twists with efficient brio and a distinguished supporting cast.
Steven Rea / Philadelphia Inquirer
Feb 09, 2012
If Denzel Washington isn't the coolest dude out there, I don't know who is.
Wesley Morris / Boston Globe
Feb 09, 2012
The ethical breaches and double-agent stuff have no sting. So many people are risking and giving their lives, and we barely care.
Glenn Kenny / MSN Movies
Feb 09, 2012
[Reynolds] still doesn't quite match up with Washington. And while that doesn't sink Safe House, it certainly makes it a little less of a ride than it might have been.
Joe Neumaier / New York Daily News
Feb 09, 2012
"Safe House" devolves into unexciting action scenes that feel left over from the "Bourne" flicks and are peopled with cloak-and-dagger stereotypes.
Safe House Cast:
- Brendan Gleeson
- Denzel Washington
- Liam Cunningham
- Ryan Reynolds
- Sam Shepard
