Film Review: Safe House (2012)

Thought Denznel was to old to act, he still proves that he is one of the best action stars around in the newest action film "Safe House" starring Denznel Washington and Ryan Reynolds. The film centers around Ryan Reynold being tasked to bring Denznel Washington's character to a safe house location after their safe house is breached. For the most part this film is a good ride but the film never goes the extra mile this premise could of went to be as good as the Bourne films. The first thing that was good with this film was the acting from the two main leads as they made you buy any scene they shared together in the film. Even when the scenes in the movie began to feel a little out there, they both were able to bring you in and make you feel for the characters. Ryan Reynolds continues to prove (With the exception of Green Lantern) that he has the acting skills to make it far in this industry. Denznel also able to make you question the ethics of his character as you go back and forth not knowing if the character is good are not. Another thing I liked about this movie was how realistic the film felt to me. This entire premise makes me feel like this could happen in real life and once you see the film the ending will give you a sort of paranoid feel about what really happens in the government.

The things that I didn't enjoy that much about the movie begin with the choppy editing of the film. The fight scenes and car chases looked unreal and like the director didn't know the proper way to film those sequences and they ended up coming up lackluster and didn't provide the punch they needed to. Some of the characters also didn't really provide a purpose such as Ryan Reynolds girlfriend who was their basically playing the you wanna keep secrets from me girlfriend that you see in almost every film and television show featuring the CIA. One thing that I noticed and the people I saw the film also noticed was the character motivations because by the end of the film you basically get the idea... SPOILER ALERT that every character in this film could basically be the antagonist and it makes it hard to root for anyone in the film. The last thing that really got me about the film was how long it felt. I counted about three times this film could have ended properly and left me satisfied and they continue dragging out the story and left me bored at some points because the dialouge scenes didn't provide the punch of other CIA films like the Bourne series that had great scenes of dialouge.

Overall this film provides good escapism fun for people who don't want to spend their weekend watching Valentine Day chick flicks with some great acting and realistic situations but the film is beat down by unnecessary elements such as weak script and character motivations that will still not make since long after the movie ends, I recommend this film more as a wait until dvd film. The final grade I give for this film is..... Grade: C+