Review of Safe House (2012) by Bernard N — 23 Sep 2012

Loved the action in this movie. Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds were awesome.

Love the action.

This review of Safe House (2012) was written by Bernard N on 23 Sep 2012.

Safe House has generally received positive reviews.

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