Safe House

ATTENTION: MOVIE SPOILERS INCLUDED!!

Safe House

February 11 2012

I was ready for a good action flick after taking 2 weeks off from movies! It was not intentional, I just didn’t have a chance to get to the theatre.

My opinion:

3.5 out of 5 bags of popcorn for the overall movie

4 out of 5 boxes of milk duds for my personal entertainment

My suggestion: Go to the theatre, won’t be the same at home

The gist: A young CIA rookie played by Ryan Reynolds runs a safe house in Cape Town, South Africa. There is very little activity in this safe house until one night a rogue CIA agent, played by Denzel Washington is brought in. The safe house is attacked and Ryan Reynolds character is forced to follow protocol and get Denzel Washington’s character to a safe location. What follows is a constant chase plotline and questions about who attacked the safe house and why.

There are very few actors that can convey a look of sheer intimidation as well as Denzel Washington. He is definitely the smartest person in the room and you know it within the first 2 minutes of him being brought into the safe house. All I can say is…..this is the type of role I love for him!! Ryan Reynolds is good, not the greatest actor in the world, but beautiful to look at and he is great in this role as a newbie agent trying to follow protocol at every turn. There was an underlying intelligence to his character that makes for some very pithy dialogue between him and Washington’s character.

This movie has some very predictable plot lines (you can basically guess who the real bad guy is going to be at the beginning of the movie). There were some great action scenes, a lot of gunfire and car chases, along with some very realistic fight scenes. Another very predictable story line is that Denzel Washington basically blurs the lines between good guy/bad guy. This movie is VERY entertaining and enjoyable. It was well worth going to the theatre to see.