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Safe House
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6.5A dangerous CIA renegade resurfaces after a decade on the run. When the safe house he's remanded to is attacked by mercenaries, a rookie operative escapes with him. Now, the unlikely allies must stay alive long enough to uncover who wants them dead.
Cast
- Denzel Washington as Tobin Frost
- Ryan Reynolds as Matt Weston
- Vera Farmiga as Catherine Linklater
- Brendan Gleeson as David Barlow
- Sam Shepard as Harlan Whitford
- Rubén Blades as Carlos Villar
Themes
- martial arts
- central intelligence agency (cia)
- microchip
- betrayal
- on the run
- shootout
- interrogation
- safe house
- rogue agent
- cape town, south africa
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Daniel Espinosa
- Written by
- David Guggenheim
- Produced by
- Denzel Washington
- Starring
- Denzel Washington Ryan Reynolds Vera Farmiga Brendan Gleeson Sam Shepard Rubén Blades Nora Arnezeder Robert Patrick
- Cinematography
- Oliver Wood
- Edited by
- Richard Pearson
- Music by
- Ramin Djawadi
- Production companies
- Relativity Media Bluegrass Films
- Distributed by
- Universal Pictures
- Release dates
- February 7, 2012 ( 2012-02-07 ) (New York City) February 10, 2012 ( 2012-02-10 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 115 minutes
- Countries
- South Africa United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $85 million
- Box office
- $208.1 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 115
- FilmAffinity ID
- 907625
- Image
- Safe House.svg
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- publication date
- 2012-01-01
- title
- Safe House
- capital cost
- 85000000
- box office
- 208100000
- review score
- 52%
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Safe House is a 2012 American action thriller film directed by Daniel Espinosa, written by David Guggenheim, and starring Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds. The film follows Matt Weston (Reynolds), a CIA officer on a low-level posting in Cape Town, South Africa, who is in charge of a safe house where the CIA is interrogating Tobin Frost (Washington), a veteran operative accused of betraying the agency. When the safe house is attacked by mercenaries, Weston flees with Frost in his charge. As the team of killers, who seem to be one step ahead of the pair, track them throughout Cape Town, Weston wonders who to trust. Vera Farmiga, Brendan Gleeson, Sam Shepard, Rubén Blades, Nora Arnezeder and Robert Patrick co-star.
Safe House was Espinosa's first English-language film. Filming took place on location in Cape Town. The film premiered in New York City on February 7, 2012, and was released in U.S. theaters on February 10, 2012, by Universal Pictures. The film earned mixed reviews, with praise for Washington and Reynolds' performances, but negative criticisms for the screenplay and the editing of the action scenes. Nevertheless, the film was a commercial success, earning $208 million worldwide against an $85 million budget.