Tuesday, April 10, 2012

A Movie Review: Safe House

Safe House. Matt Weston (Ryan Reynolds) is working at a safe house in South Africa. This isn’t the most exciting assignment and he wants out as soon as possible. It isn’t long before the excitement picks up. Tobin Frost (Denzel Washington), a rouge CIA agent, turns himself in at the US Consulate in Cape Town. He is quickly taken to Weston’s safe house for interrogation. The safe house is soon attacked. Weston and Frost escape, but are on the continued run from this group of men.

This movie doesn’t break any interesting ground. You know that at nearly every turn that this gang of gunmen will show up no matter where Frost and Weston hide. You also know that the only way that this can happen is if there is some inside help. What keeps you glued to the screen:  Washington brings an intensity as the disillusioned ex-CIA agent and Ryan Reynolds brings the eagerness of a new agent. Does this mean one should go out and catch this movie in the theaters? Probably more like a rental title.

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