Safe

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1 hr. 35 min.

Action

Mystery & Thriller

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60%

114 Reviews

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59%

100,000+ Ratings

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Luke Wright is a two-bit cage fighter, until the day he throws a fixed match. In retaliation, the Russian mob murders his family and destroys his life. Though alone and haunted by grief, Luke springs into action to save a Chinese girl (Catherine Chan) from the same gangsters who killed his family -- and lands in the middle of a high-stakes war. The girl is no ordinary child; she's a math prodigy who holds in her head a numerical code for which various factions are ready to kill.

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Critics Consensus

While hard-hitting and violently inventive, Safe ultimately proves too formulaic to set itself apart from the action thriller pack -- including some of its star's better films.

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Sam C

It is not a poor movie. But a few narrative choices hurt it overall. Having the main villain have so little screen time is also a mistake.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/26/24

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Mark H

Good solid action movie. I have a slight issue with how easily they worked out a page containing one long number was the code to a safe but other than that not bad overall !

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/14/24

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Bryan B

This is one time where back story hurt more than helped and made things way more complicated than needed for this level of movie.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

12/03/23

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T T

I love Jason Statham. As you would expect, this is an action packed movie. That said, it's a typical action movie, so the plot is not very deep or tight. But still, it's very engaging and entertaining. The only problem, which was annoying, was how the Russian and Chinese mafias were constantly talking in Russian and Chinese during almost all of their conversations- which were frequent. This required reading so many English subtitles. Obviously, it's normal to speak your own language when you're talking to your own people. But this is an English movie taking place in America. So to be forced to read so much of the oral dialogue was rather annoying and distracting. Other than that, the action scenes were decent and the directing was good. The acting was good too. Overall, it's a good movie.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/18/23

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Eugen S

ein action in der style von 90er. für einen mal nicht schlecht.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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Harri K

Don't think too much. And don't mind the heavy editing. The action is quite solid and the narrative flows well enough.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

12/22/22

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Boaz Yakin

Director

Jason Statham

Luke Wright

Robert John Burke

Capt. Wolf

Chris Sarandon

Mayor Tramello

Anson Mount

Alex Rosen

James Hong

Han Jiao

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MovieFreak.com

The mechanics make sense, what's going on fits within the confines of the narrative structure, making what's going on within both surprisingly fun and shockingly engaging.

Rated: 3/4

May 15, 2012

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David Stratton

At the Movies (Australia)

Like so many action films these days the film is over-edited and under-plotted, and we've seen Statham's tough guy character many times before.

Rated: 2.5/5

May 10, 2012

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Nick Schager

Slant Magazine

It's the imposing Statham's badass grimace and combat acumen that primarily elevate Safe above your average direct-to-video genre work

Rated: 2.5/4

May 9, 2012

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Action junkies should be pleased.

Rated: 3/4

Nov 20, 2022

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

A sharply directed action picture that builds on a really strong performance from Statham all the way to its bullet-ridden finale.

Rated: 3.5/5

Aug 25, 2022

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Sean Axmaker

Stream on Demand

... delivers an unexpectedly dense, speedy, tight action thriller that is full of rapid-fire street action, makes great use of Statham’s physical poise, and features a body count big enough to make a dent in the New York City census results.

Aug 19, 2022

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Synopsis

Luke Wright is a two-bit cage fighter, until the day he throws a fixed match. In retaliation, the Russian mob murders his family and destroys his life. Though alone and haunted by grief, Luke springs into action to save a Chinese girl (Catherine Chan) from the same gangsters who killed his family -- and lands in the middle of a high-stakes war. The girl is no ordinary child; she's a math prodigy who holds in her head a numerical code for which various factions are ready to kill.

Director: Boaz Yakin
Executive Producer: Stuart Ford, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Kevin Spacey, Deepak Nayar
Screenwriter: Boaz Yakin
Distributor: Lionsgate Films
Production Co: IM Global, Lawrence Bender Productions, Lionsgate Films, Trigger Street Productions, Automatik Entertainment
Rating: R (Strong Violence Throughout|Language)
Genre: Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 27, 2012, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 19, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $17.1M
Sound Mix: Datasat, Dolby Digital

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