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After a former elite agent rescues a 12-year-old Chinese girl who's been abducted, they find themselves in the middle of a standoff between Triads, the Russian Mafia and high-level corrupt New York City politicians and police.
What critics thought
Safe lands in firmly mixed territory: critics found Statham's usual brand of punishing action well-executed and occasionally even emotionally restrained, but the plot's predictability was a recurring complaint, with reviewers split over whether the film's professionalism lifts it above its genre-formula roots or whether it simply stays too comfortable inside them.
“the trouble with Safe is that you know where it's going every step of the way”
Peter Travers·Rolling Stone
“Yakin's slick direction, marked by quick cuts, unstinting energy and a lack of sentimentality, makes the action scenes satisfying”
Claudia Puig·USA Today
“Yakin gives his star plenty of room to look mean, think fast, drive faster, punch, quip, mow down, and charismatically bond with the most imperiled child character in screen memory”
Robert Abele·Los Angeles Times
“A rough, exhausting, exhilarating action picture with a payoff which would have delighted Sam Fuller or Howard Hawks”
Kim Newman·Empire
Genres
Action, Crime, Thriller
Cast & Crew
Boaz YakinDirector
Jason StathamLuke Wright
Chris SarandonMayor Tremello
James HongHan Jiao
Catherine ChanMei
Robert John BurkeCaptain Wolf
Anson MountAlex Rosen
Reggie LeeQuan Chang
Joseph SikoraVassily Docheski
Igor JijikineChemyakin
Elissa MiddletonEve
Jack GwaltneyDetective Reddick
Mark MothersbaughComposer
Stefan CzapskyCinematographySafe
After a former elite agent rescues a 12-year-old Chinese girl who's been abducted, they find themselves in the middle of a standoff between Triads, the Russian Mafia and high-level corrupt New York City politicians and police.
What critics thought
Safe lands in firmly mixed territory: critics found Statham's usual brand of punishing action well-executed and occasionally even emotionally restrained, but the plot's predictability was a recurring complaint, with reviewers split over whether the film's professionalism lifts it above its genre-formula roots or whether it simply stays too comfortable inside them.
“the trouble with Safe is that you know where it's going every step of the way”
Peter Travers·Rolling Stone
“Yakin's slick direction, marked by quick cuts, unstinting energy and a lack of sentimentality, makes the action scenes satisfying”
Claudia Puig·USA Today
“Yakin gives his star plenty of room to look mean, think fast, drive faster, punch, quip, mow down, and charismatically bond with the most imperiled child character in screen memory”
Robert Abele·Los Angeles Times
“A rough, exhausting, exhilarating action picture with a payoff which would have delighted Sam Fuller or Howard Hawks”
Kim Newman·Empire
Genres
Action, Crime, Thriller
Cast & Crew
Boaz YakinDirectorJason StathamLuke WrightChris SarandonMayor TremelloJames HongHan JiaoCatherine ChanMeiRobert John BurkeCaptain WolfAnson MountAlex RosenReggie LeeQuan ChangJoseph SikoraVassily DocheskiIgor JijikineChemyakinElissa MiddletonEveJack GwaltneyDetective ReddickMark MothersbaughComposerStefan CzapskyCinematographyStream
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