Safe House

Story: One is an alleged CIA traitor. The other is a CIA agent incharge of looking after the former in a safe house. But when the safe house is attacked, the two realise the safe house – and their life -- is hardly safe.

Movie Review: The highs: Loads of gunshots, ruthless cop-criminal Q&A sessions, cars ramming into each other, long chases through the streets of Cape Town and the slums of Langa, smart and snazzy action cuts involving solid hand punches and enough energy to keep spirits up. The lows: Nothing that you have never seen before. But then are we complaining? Not really, especially when it’s Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds calling the shots.

Matt Weston (Ryan Reynolds) overlooks a safe house where CIA agents can interrogate law breakers. In other words, when the protectors of law don’t really mind tweaking the law as long as they can get the truth out. But it does not take long for Matt to realise that the safe haven is hardly safe. Not because it is under attack by the warlords who want to take Tobin Frost (Denzel Washington) to task, but because he realizes Frost is not what the law makers want him to be. What’s next? Mission Escape to a world where justice prevails. Before that, it’s sometimes running around stadiums and sometimes the chase between good guys and bad guys across busy streets. All this and more, till the two men on the run connect all the relevant pieces.

Needless to say, it is Denzel Washington who once again is seen doing what he does best. His facial expressions and the goatee are enough to give that suave, convincing look of a man on the run... and a man who kills only professionals. Ryan does manage to stand at par (if not above) with Denzel Washington.