Review of Safe House (2012) by Jay L — 14 Aug 2012

"No one is safe..".

The best espionage action thriller since The Bourne Ultimatum, a nonstop, pedal to the medal actioner thats supremely entertaining throughout. Its "The Bourne trilogy" meets "Spy Game", a rough and tumble endeaver that will leave your heart pounding and your lungs breathless. I mean it, Safe House does not stop for one second, its nothing but supremely well edited action sequences one after the other. Director Daniel Espinoza and company have crafted a fantastic action film here thats loaded with awesome special effects, fantastically entertaining action sequences, absolutely astoundingly intense fight sequences and quite a clever storline as well. I admittedly was a bit on the skeptical side at first fearing this would be a cheap knock off of The Bourne trilogy, but I was dead wrong. Safe House is the real deal, an endlessly entertaining ordeal that grabs you from the very first scene. Intense, raw, brutal, violent, clever, cerebral, action-packed and overflowing with cinematic thrills, Safe House is a damn good action film, but its an even better espionage thriller. Go global with the CIA and MI6 and witness as the most notorious traiters and renegades the agency has ever known are sniffed out in a wickedly electrifying cat and mouse game. Its also quite similar to "Salt" if you can recall that film. The fight sequences are up to par with those of The Bourne films and also have quite the resemblence to the fight scenes in the brilliant espionage film "Hanna". Safe House is a ferociously slick, astonishingly flashy, vividly stylish, bombastically stunning and an ultra-kinetic high quality film that comes highly recommended. Great work from Daniel Espinoza and company.

Denzel Washington stars as Tobin Frost, a long time veteren and a highly regarded renegade on the run from various shadow organizations. Washington just cant seem to miss, he is one of the elite actors of our time, and he gives a commanding performance throughout. Ryan Reynolds co-stars as Matt Weston, a rookie agent looking for the opportunity to prove himself to the superiors in the agency. Reynolds is great as well and the on screen chemistry these two have is dynamic. Sam Shepard is great as well as Vera Farmiga. In my opinion its Brenden Gleeson's perdormance that really ties the entire project together.