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Safe House
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Safe House is a 2012 action thriller film directed by Daniel Espinosa. The cast includes Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds, Vera Farmiga, and Brendan Gleeson. Scott Stuber produced the movie, which was filmed in South Africa. The production companies involved were Relativity Media, Universal Pictures, Bluegrass Films, and dentsu. Ramin Djawadi served as the composer, while Richard Pearson was the film editor.
The film has a runtime of 115 minutes and was released in 2012. It was distributed by Universal Pictures and Netflix. The original languages include English, Afrikaans, and Spanish. The narrative is set in Africa. The film has a budget of 85,000,000 and generated box office revenue of 208,100,000. It received a rating of 6.7 on IMDb and 6.5 on TMDb.
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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
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- crime film
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Original language
- Afrikaans
- Director
- Daniel Espinosa
- Cast member
- Jake McLaughlin
- Composer
- Ramin Djawadi
- Producer
- Scott Stuber
- Production company
- Universal Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Oliver Wood
- Narrative location
- Africa
- Filming location
- South Africa
- Duration
- 115
- FilmAffinity ID
- 907625
- Performer
- Ramin Djawadi
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Safe House.svg
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- publication date
- 2012-01-01
- title
- Safe House
- distributed by
- Netflix
- film editor
- Richard Pearson
- capital cost
- 85000000
- box office
- 208100000
- review score
- 52%
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
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