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Totally forgot this movie existed. I saw it in the theatre back when it came out and never thought of it again until I stumbled upon it on Netflix this time around. Not a bad movie by any means but just very average and run-of-the-mill. There are some thrills to be had here and Ryan Reynolds plays pretty well off of Denzel, who is so effortlessly charismatic, clearly commands the screen, and is acting circles around everybody else. Safe House will definitely hit the spot if you’re looking for a little excitement on a rainy sunday afternoon. Good cast, decent enough action, predictable twists and turns but very watchable nevertheless. It also has some pretty good-looking cinematography as well! Safe House is a safe choice. 🇿🇦🔐🏠👦🎾🧱🧔🏿💉🚹🔗😰🧺💧🪣🏟🕴⚔️🕴🔫👦🏿🪒
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Decent enough plot, good acting, predictable twist, egregious camerawork, okay film. My Last Review: | Honey Boy |
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The best part of the film was the Kanye west song that played over the credits
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I kinda get why this movie has mediocre reviews, but then I’m like, whhhyyyy! Coz this movie fucking rocks. Denzel as a villain 💯
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Starring: King Kong Ain’t Got Sh!t On Denzel Denzel’s stint as an action hero and man on the run continues, and this time he’s joined by Ryan Reynolds, who, for a change, tones down his usual quips and plays it straight. The end product is a film that is generic in some ways, predictable, and not quite as entertaining as it could have been. Daniel Espinosa, before his best picture in Life and the meme disaster that was Morbius, does a great work with the action. Scenes like the car chase where Reynolds was struggling to avoid being strangled stood out as high points, but overall the film was less exciting and more like visual cacophony. Again, the premise doesn’t…
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Safe House — about a turncoat operative taking shelter in a Cape Town safe house while possessing intelligence hunted by mercenaries — is a political thriller with enough big-time gun fights, explosions, and actors to satisfy the blockbuster-oriented viewer. Denzel Washington (like Will Smith or Liam Neeson or Russell Crowe or Mel Gibson or Samuel Jackson) is one of those action stars who seems to have a very savvy agent who always finds scripts with a central character that perfectly typecasts his personality & career trajectory. (The other part of this equation, of course, is that each of these actors know how to embody disparate roles in a manner that showcases their unique charm and flair.) In the film, Denzel plays…
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Aaliyah 8 月 23, 2026
every time i watch a film with my dad he’ll act like it’s cinema’s best creation and every time it’s just denzel and that exact same colour palette
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Men run around crying and killing each other. Put down the guns lads and come over here for a hug.
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I might have [zoom in] been able to [pan out, veer towards left] forgive Denzel’s [shake camera] lacklustre performance [extreme close up] and see past [zoom out] the humongous plot holes [zoom in, zoom out, sharp right] if the camera work [nudge cameraman] hadn’t been so [pan left, pan right, zoom out] friggin’ annoying!!! [fade to black]
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The cliched action thriller carries a thin script with familiar generic tropes, yet is made enjoyable and entertaining, thanks to the terrific duo of Denzel freakin Washington and Ryan Reynolds.
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Can watch once, not bad. But the story could be a little better.
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“I only kill professionals” cold bar. I see why they gave Ryan that Deadpool gig later on. Them boys after Frost were WICKED. Denzel earned every penny he received for this film.
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denzel you’re obviously perfect- no notes. movie was a lil sleepy tho. final scene + no church in the wild into the credits was tea. 3.5 stars
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filme de sessão da tarde 🥀
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assisti na record
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Filmaço!! “Uma mentira que se repete muito vira verdade” filme que mostra que no final cabe a gente ter o nosso conceito de certo ou errado pq o mundo é bem cinza.
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Not denzel’s best work
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Going to Cape Town 🇿🇦 tomorrow and had to give this a rewatch for preparation. 1. Cape Town as a setting is so cool. More movies need to be made there. Enough of the “every movie needs to be set in NYC”. 2. Denzel carries this movie. Every scene with him is so good and every scene with Ryan Reynolds is mid (queue black scientist holding perfectly mid vial meme). 3. Wish they played No Church in the Wild in the movie instead of the credits…
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A perfectly fine middle of the road action thriller. Given the cast, I wish it was a little more.
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meh.
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I was ready for non-horror entertainment with action and big-name actors, and that’s what I got. No more, no less.
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Something’s missing
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Egregiously anticlimactic. Only tolerable because Denzel makes everything he’s in better, but for the most part a movie I will one day forget I watched.
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“I get it now you’re better than me, be better than me”
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Klasik aksiyon filmi budur
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Underrated kalmış
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solid action packed movie
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Denzel you have to stop. Your blender cuts too tough. Your shaky cam too different. They’ll kill you
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Budget level training day
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Still a rock solid action thriller. Easily the best of the Bourne clones, with Espinosa doing the best job understanding the style of action and delivering a few really strong fight sequences, a badass car chase and some great shootouts. Reynolds’ final fight in particular still whips ass. Denzel is the GOAT, his charisma and physicality is always so on point, and he plays off of Reynolds beautifully.
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Only watched ts because it was playing on the tv in my hotel room.
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watched this because it was playing on the only english channel i could find in my quebec airbnb. after it ended i was surprised to see the next thing on was safe house again! and there was still nothing else to watch!
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Surprisingly amazing Ryan Reynolds at his peak and shockingly I disliked denzel in this but the film is great Ryan renalds makes you feel like he is truly hurt honestly underrated film
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Paint by numbers action thriller with predictable double crosses, one dimensional characters, and star power. Not that it’s a bad thing, Safe House is plenty entertaining and has solid replay value. This is exactly the type of movie that you see playing on TNT as you’re channel surfing be and you’d stop to check it out, and end up watching to the end.
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Prime Denzel
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NNahuelMpg 8 月 6, 2026
La ata me tiene podrido con este negro
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Extremely rare case where I bet reading the plot summary on Wikipedia is more interesting than actually watching the movie. Brutal “that’s Jason Bourne” impression with “that’s Tobin Frost!”
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Goeie film, beetje voorspelbaar ma cv Eerste keer dat ik Ryan Reynolds is een serieuze rol zie spelen, was verfrissend Denzel>>
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WHAT A TWIST I COULDN’T HAVE PREDICTED THAT 😱
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Spy thriller with a strange and vague conspiracy in the middle. Safe house follows a CIA agent that is the “housekeeper” of a safehouse in South Africa(?) as an extremely wanted traitor turns himself in after stumbling into a wasp’s nest with his latest endeavor. The film sort of is a classic spy story with a vague organization that is using government resources and leaks to frustrate the spy caught in the middle, which is the safe house guy. As…
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Safe House es de esas típicas películas que lo tienen todo: un gran reparto, acción y presupuesto, pero que se estancan completamente en una historia barata que termina de una manera bastante predecible. Tiene un villano que es fácil de anticipar y un protagonista como Ryan Reynolds que, personalmente, no funciona. Lo suyo es la comedia. Las películas de acción, thriller o crimen simplemente no siento que sean su fuerte. Ryan Reynolds pertenece completamente al mundo del humor. En cambio,…
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Seen it before a while back. Not a good film. You won’t really remember watching it.
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NNightOwl93 8 月 2, 2026
Tobin Frost (Oscarr winner Denzel Washington), one of the CIA’s most dangerous traitors, resurfaces in South Africa after eluding capture for almost a decade. During his interrogation, the safe house he’s being held in is attacked by brutal mercenaries forcing rookie agent, Matt Weston (Ryan Reynolds) to take the infamous Frost on the run. As the masterful manipulator toys with his reluctant prot‚g‚, shaking the young operative’s morality and idealism, the unlikely allies must fight to stay alive long enough…
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Denzel / Reynolds carry things along and it’s good fun
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Don’t worry son, I’ll watch this only once.
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Vera eats as per usual
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7.4/10
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Ryan Reynolds in this movie was crazy. It reminds me of how Adam Sandler acted in Uncut Gems
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primera vez q me veo el inicio, muy buena pero me hubiera gustado q contaran más del final de ryan (no me acuerdo del nombre del personaje) y denzel con pelo se ve muy raro, q siga pelao
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They’re going to isolate you Matt. They’re going to be real nice to you at first. They’re going to put their arm around you and tell you things like, “You did a decent job, son. We’ll take it from here.” That’s when you know you’re screwed. I saw this when it originally came out in the theater, and it didn’t make much of an impression. Revisiting all these years later, I enjoyed it much more. It’s an intense action thriller…
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BBacrau Santur ½ 7 月 31, 2026
I like the part at the end when Ryan Reynolds says to Denzel “I never got your name” and then Denzel says “You can call me… The Equalizer.” And then a guitar wails and then it plays the signature Equalizer riff and then Ryan Reynolds says “This is the last movie where you’ll be able to watch me as an actor.”
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Vuvuzela toeteren
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“You go be a better man than me”
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I really like this one. Haven’t seen it in a bit but it was a good movie from what I remember.
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Man If Denzel was born in East London, he would be James Bond.
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Ttomek31 7 月 29, 2026
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People don’t want the truth anymore, Matt. It’s too messy. Keeps them up at nights.
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Was leuk geweest als ik de actie scenes kon zien
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dont get me wrong i love denzel but this was just him playing all toughfy tough guy but in a bad way
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The manipulator
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Bon film MAIS JE VEUX UNE FIN ! ELLE EST OÙ ? J’EN AI MARRE DES FINS QUI N’EN SONT PAS ! Pffff….
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Denzel tu m’as déçu
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I heard the opening notes of “No Church In The Wild” and decided to stay for the credits
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The writing of the film honestly could have been executed a bit better. The choices that Weston makes throughout the movie never make any sense. It feels like he’s flailing the whole time and is constantly being outwitted. I also think it would’ve been more interesting if the audience understood Frost’s motive a bit sooner. Denzel and Ryan Reynolds didn’t seem to be great scene partners and I don’t think the director used Denzel to his full capability.
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denzel te amo
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Felt like if AI tried to make a Tony Scott film
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Numa direção frenética e uma montagem de dá nos nervos, Espinosa consegue nos entreter com elaboradas cenas de perseguição […] E, no meio dessa excitação toda, podemos destacar Denzel.
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One of the more immersive Denzel action flicks! BWS (0.00-0.50) 0.37 Cinematography 0.40 Acting 0.25 Writing 0.35 Plot 0.35 Music 0.35 Production Design 0.35 Characters 0.37 Editing 0.50 (2x) PCP 3.79/5.00 __________________________ It’s hard to watch these films sometimes because Denzel is often feature in such roles, but his acting ability is undeniable and he carries this movie very far. In a vacuum, this is a really good movie and the only issue is how tired the counter agent spy…
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A Tony Scott rip-off that ROCKS!!! Also shoutout Parow, shoutout Langa
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Good work Ryan Reynolds’s very good acting job. Had to find more CIA shi and it’s a great fit + Denzel as a villain was cool. No Church in the Wild end credits too?? 👌🏽
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i love the cia Score: 6/10
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ok so the general letterboxd community seems to not like this movie but maybe it’s just because i’m tired af and my brain isn’t working but i thought this movie was really pretty good oh well 🤷♀️
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I’m neva visiting South Africa
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great duo, great cast for a good action movie of this genre. not the best overall, but it remains enjoyable even though.
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A high level rogue CIA agent Tobin Frost (Denzel) turns himself into a U.S. Embassy after a deal selling stolen intel goes bad. While being ‘debriefed’ at a CIA Safe House it is raided by Frost’s unsatisfied buyers and an inexperienced agent (Reynolds) is forced to flee with Frost in his custody. Denzel plays it cool as a disgruntled ex-employee/spy who knows the shadier side of the spy-game. Reynolds is strangely enough quite serious as a low level Safe House…
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I still think Reynolds should stick to what he knows: being a himbo.
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Man do I feel so bad for Matt. Frost is js a badass mf, his calm demeanor is unbelievable. Their relationship is js peak. This movie shows us how corrupt and deceiving governments are.
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bagus
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I expected worse. Solid background movie.
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“You’re not gonna get in my head.” ”I already am in your head.” Safe House continues to be slept on in my opinion. Not to mention that this also has one of the best trailers fucking ever. Blu-ray
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dedo no cu e gritaria
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💥💥Saw this in the movie theater with my cousins back in 2012. I thought this was a good movie. Denzel Washington is great in his roll. This was the first time i seen Ryan Reynolds and i thought he was good also. This is a movie that does it job and will entertain you.
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+1 estrella por no church in the wild en los créditos
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this wishes it was a bourne movie so bad… and to be fair i wish there was a bourne movie filmed in cape town so i guess nobody’s really winning this round
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Cast is grand, storyline typical and nothing original at all, car chase is sick but I don’t know if I missed some important dialogue about why a safe house keeper can drive like that, also people kept miraculously recovering from suffering seemingly life ending injuries. Really action packed though and Denzel is just an all timer
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A lesser Jason Bourne
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The most average movie of all time
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Decent enough action spy thriller that would be significantly better if it weren’t lit and over-edited like shit.
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Not my cup of tea, but ryan renolds really manages to show his range as an actor in this.
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Honestly I’m shocked by how many Ryan Reynolds films I watched.
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Typical American Spy Movie But Still Good
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No se, bastante normal la peli. Buenos actores y todo, pero la película en sí es bastante obvia. No se necesita decir nada más.
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Could’ve been more than a generic action film if the action sequences weren’t so bad
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Good ole 2010s action thriller Spy movie. “I’ll take it from here, sir.”
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Cómo te eleva todo Denzel Washington
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54/100 Safe House is a perfectly watchable action thriller that never quite rises above its familiar premise. It keeps the tension up, moves at a solid pace, and has enough twists to stay engaging, but it rarely does anything that makes it stand out from the many spy films that came before it. The biggest strength is the chemistry between the two leads. Denzel Washington brings a level of charisma and unpredictability that instantly makes every scene more interesting, while…
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An underated movie imo and great acting from Ryan Reynolds and Denzel Washington along with other big names. Movie had a great theme I loved the action scenes and I didn’t mind how the movie ended also.
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Un thriller d’action centré sur un jeune agent de la CIA chargé de surveiller un fugitif dangereux, dans une course-poursuite où les alliances et les vérités sont constamment remises en question. Avec Safe House, on est sur un film que j’avais déjà vu il y a quelque temps et dont j’avais gardé un très bon souvenir… et après revisionnage, je le confirme clairement : le film fonctionne très bien. Déjà, le casting est énorme. On a évidemment Ryan Reynolds et…
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Great storyline, beautiful acting, slightly predictable twists. Ashame it wasn’t made in the recent years, the action style of the 2020s would have suited it well. “You’re responsible for yourself”
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La pasé bien
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Godawful
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Not bad, not memorable. Could swap Ryan Reynolds for any actor in this. Doesn’t matter who’s playing the rookie. Spy tropes on autopilot but the fight choreography is decent in a few spots. Denzel elevates every scene he’s in, per usual. “Housekeeping.”
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la vi el otro día bien wena
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All I remember is that this was one of the last films that used the 1997 universal studios logo
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Denzel Washington was amazing
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“You practice anything a long time, you get good at it. You tell a hundred lies a day, it sounds like the truth. Everyone betrays everyone.” “Trust no one” فيلم دماااار ، يخربيت جمدان دينزل واشنطن عبقري بجد. من احسن الافلام الأكشن الي اتفرجت عليها من فترة وانصح اي حد يشوف الفيلم دة.
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JJon Tower Akerman 7 月 1, 2026
Is the title in reference to Denzel’s butt or what? NB the title is said, a lot NB2 I like that this movie exists.
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It’s probably the most forgettable movie ever made.
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Yet another example of a terrible film casting Denzel Washington and getting an excellent performance from him.
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I only watched this for Denzel Washington.
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fake jason bourne, but not actually terrible
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Dded 7 月 22, 2025
this movie is boring, right?
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CIA is so epic chungus Score: 6/10
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I have always been a fan of Denzel Washington so I was really eager to check this movie. On top of that, he seemed to be playing something else than his usual righteous lead character so I was definitely intrigued. Eventually, it turned out to be a decent action movie with some really good ideas which were, unfortunately, not always properly developed. First of all, even though the movie was called ‘Safe House’, the action took place only 15 minutes…
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Abrutissant
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Safe House – Denzel & Ryan einfach nen Hammer 2Std. Spannung *****Sterne
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MMuseWanted 2 月 24, 2012
Event Cinemas Queen St
- Synopsis
- A 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.
- Director
- Daniel Espinosa
- Writer
- David Guggenheim
- Studio
- Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Bluegrass Films
- Country
- USA
- Language
- English, Afrikaans, Spanish
- Year
- 2012
- Runtime
- 115 mins
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- Czechia16 Feb 2012
- Finland17 Feb 2012
- Belgium22 Feb 2012
- Netherlands23 Feb 2012
- UK24 Feb 2012
- United Arab Emirates24 Feb 2012
- Indonesia29 Feb 2012
- Italy02 Mar 2012
- Malta07 Mar 2012
- Peru15 Mar 2012
- Brazil16 Mar 2012
- Argentina22 Mar 2012
- Colombia13 Apr 2012
- Ecuador20 Apr 2012
- Paraguay04 May 2012
- Venezuela11 May 2012
- Chile17 May 2012
- Japan07 Sep 2012
- Netherlands15 Jun 2012
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