Safe House
2012
**½
Director: Daniel Espinosa
Cast: Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds, Vera Farmiga, Brendan Gleeson, Sam Shepard, Rubén Blades, Nora Arnezeder, Robert Patrick
A junior CIA agent is bored with his job as the housekeeper of a Cape Town safe house. However, he gets more than he bargained for by having to protect a former agent who has gone rogue. This perfectly entertaining but utterly predictable action movie stands out only by virtue of being set and shot in South Africa. Denzel Washington could play this smartest-guy-in-the-room role in his sleep. Ryan Reynolds unexpectedly keeps his wisecracking to a minimum.
