Safe House
Overview
Safe House is a 2012 action thriller film directed by Daniel Espinosa, starring Denzel Washington as Tobin Frost, a rogue former CIA operative who is a notorious traitor, and Ryan Reynolds as Matt Weston, a young, inexperienced CIA agent who is working at a safe house in Cape Town, South Africa. Frost turns himself in, and he is brought to Weston's safe house. The safe house is attacked, and Weston must escape with Frost. The film is a tense, action-packed thriller, with a focus on the cat-and-mouse relationship between the two men. Denzel Washington gives a charismatic, menacing performance as the master spy. Ryan Reynolds holds his own as the young agent who is in over his head. Safe House was a critical and commercial success, earning over $208 million on an $85 million budget. It was praised for its action sequences and its performances. The film is a solid, entertaining thriller that showcases Denzel Washington's ability to play a complex, morally ambiguous character.
