Alicia I love this movie so much

Protraph Lack of good storyline.

Lollivan It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Brendon Jones It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

betty dalton Safe House is best described as a fullblown Jason Bourne copy. That's it's strength and it's weakness. It has got the same sort of chases, suspense, shootouts and a underdog that wins just as in the Bourne movies. Some scenes of the story are literally copied from Bourne. A good copy is better then a bad original, but the flipside is that everything has been done better in the actual Jason Bourne movies themselves. Acting in "Safe House" is very good though. Denzel Washington really delivers. And so does Ryan Reynolds, for his standards anyway. But there is too many shaky cam action. Even in dialogue scenes the shaky cam keeps hovering around. There are no breathers in this movie. I need that to appreciate the action that follows. Now there are just too much fighting scenes following eachother without any breathers, to a level where it becomes tideous.Still it has got a good adrenaline rush to it. And as I said acting is really good. It wont offend or bore you. I certainly got entertained. And sometimes it is just nice to see a B quality action movie just for the sake of it. That's the best advice: treat it as a B movie and you will be pleasantly surprised. If you expect originality, you will be let down...

The Movie Diorama I mean if you are going to bring in Ryan Reynolds, Denzel Washington, Brendan Gleeson and Vera Farmiga...you're pretty much halfway to making a good film. Yet somehow this still fell short from being great. We follow Washington who plays a dangerous renegade with important information. On the run from mercenaries that raided a safe house, Reynolds attempts to prove himself by bringing him in. Full of espionage, double crossing and a damn convoluted plot in an attempt to make it engaging. But in actual fact, it's just generic. If you've watched this, then you'll probably remember nothing about the story. Seriously, give it a shot. Acting though was spot on. Washington and Reynolds made for an uneasy chemistry and the two work well together. Kind of like a master and his apprentice, except this master is on the opposite side of the law to his apprentice. Farmiga, criminally underrated by the way, was underused. Her character was pretty much pointless which infuriates me every time I watch this. Gleeson was good, but again was underused until the final act. The action scenes were great, the first act is definitely the most lively. A car crash, a raided safe house and a car chase in Cape Town. It was exhilarating and Daniel Espinosa filmed it rather well. Sound mixing was noteworthy, the gun shots were loud and piercing which always gets me pumped when watching an action flick. The locations were varied, from the streets of Cape Town to a football stadium filled with hooligans playing vuvuzelas (do you remember them? Flipping awful things). Just nothing felt fresh. It's a "been there done that" scenario too scared to try something new in case the film doesn't make back its budget. If the plot was engaging, this would've been a great surprise but sadly it's just good. Entirely watchable and well crafted, but nothing outstanding.

juneebuggy This was pretty good, definitely entertaining while I was watching it with two great leads and full of twists, chase sequences, realistic shootouts (what do I know, like I've been in a shootout!?) and well choreographed fight sequences. In saying that though there was also nothing memorable here, one of those heavy action movies that I will forget completely in about a week.It actually reminded me of that British military/special ops show that ran on Cinemax (Strikeback), kinda gritty, violent, high-speed and bloody but also mindless.Of course I enjoyed the cast, Denzel Washington always preforms and Ryan Reynolds does a great job as the man out to prove himself by bringing him in. I really enjoyed the power struggle between the two of them and wow do they both get beat up by the end of this.Reynolds plays a rookie CIA operative, frustrated by his inactive, backwater post who finds himself on the run with a rogue former intelligence office (Washington) after the South African safe house comes under attack by heavily armed mercenaries. There is a high body count in this one. 10/6/15

kennethraine We all watch action movies, some good some bad, I expected the usual but was pleasantly surprised. The action was very good, the crowd scenes were exceptional, it looked so real with hundreds of people instead of just being suggested with close up shots.Then something else, it was not a vehicle for gratuitous action,it did not insert any old dialogue just to pass the time or impress.It was made by people proud to produce quality, if the writer does not have first hand experience in the field, he really listened and understood someone who has. You could sense all the guys wishing they could trust in something, but knowing if they did it would make them vulnerable.If you are not easily impressed this will impress you. The cynicism and lack of trust, really help to illuminate the tacit meaning. Tense,subtle,brutal first class.