Sunday 4 March 2012

FILM: Safe House (dir: Daniel Espinosa, 2012)

"Do I make you nervous?"
"Always."
"Good."

Safe House is a solid mix of old-school spy thriller and Bourne stylings, which for the most part entertains.  Denzel Washington is on strong form as the ice-cool rogue CIA agent who is thrown together with the relatively inexperienced safe-house-keeper Ryan Reynolds, who gives one of his most focused and sincere performances here.  Occasional dumb moments and a midway lull aside, with some very effective action sequences along the way,  Safe House is a well-mounted and good-looking affair.

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