‘safe house’
TRANSCRIPT
FEATURES Page 5Friday, February 17, 2012
From the minute Den-zel Washington appears on the screen, you know it’s going to be a good movie. He plays a CIA agent gone rogue, Frost, who is accused of treason.
After running for a decade as the most feared
and respected intelligence agent in the history of the CIA, Frost reveals himself to the U.S. government. He is taken to a safe house to be interrogated, but the safe house is broken into.
Matt Weston (Ryan Reynolds) is the keeper of the safe house and takes re-sponsibility for Frost’s life. After escaping the raid, it is Weston’s job to take Frost in, but Frost wants nothing more than to escape.
The non-stop action in this movie will keep you on the edge of your seat. The plot creates many moments of sus-
pense, but is also very predictable. Den-zel Washington’s acting is brilliant and solid as usual, but partnered with Ryan Reynolds’ character, who is on the verge of tears throughout the entire movie, no real bond develops between the two. Only at the very end of the movie do you realize the significance of their partner-ship.
Beside the predictability of who is whom, the ending will leave you shocked. Everything can go wrong for Weston does, but in the end he prevails in the most disturbing and twisted way you could imagine.
My only real complaint with the mov-ie was that it seemed very disorganized. It was hard to tell where exactly things were taking place because it changed so much.
You will definitely want to catch this before it leaves the box office, though. Washington’s performance is just too good to pass up.
‘Safe House’ Music Review:
Movie Review:
4/5 stars
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