Tuesday 12 June 2012

Safe House (2012) 6/10

Starring : Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds, Vera Farmiga, Brendan Gleeson
Director : Daniel Espinosa
Running Time : 115 mins

When former CIA agent Tobin Frost (Washington) is tracked down after having gone rogue and revealed CIA secrets, he is taken to a safe house run by CIA rookie Matt Weston (Reynolds), but when the safe house is compromised Weston finds himself having to take Frost on the run in order to prevent him from being killed before the CIA can get the information they need out of him.

Although this is filled with some great performances and some nice cinematography, this just wasn’t very gripping. The plot meandered and didn’t really gel very well, and as far as the twists go they were pretty predictable. Both Washington and Reynolds, as well as Gleeson, are all great, but the plot just didn’t help them make this into an A-Class thriller, possibly due to the lack of experience from both writer and director.

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