Safe House
Seen it?2012 | 115 min | Action, Thriller
Weeknight WatchWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With middling reviews (52% on Rotten Tomatoes), it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who likes to be kept guessing and action fans. If you loved In the Line of Fire, start here.
- The mood
- Tense.
- The pace
- Fast-moving, at 1 hr 55 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated R: expect violence.
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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsBelow par
52% on Rotten Tomatoes
- AudiencesSolid
6.5 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
Awards data unavailable, so this isn't counted
- Box office & staying powerSolid
$208 million worldwide on a $85 million budget; spent 3 weeks in Netflix's global Top 10; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 195K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Daniel Espinosa
- Denzel WashingtonTobin Frost
- Ryan ReynoldsMatt Weston
- Vera FarmigaCatherine Linklater
- Brendan GleesonDavid Barlow
- Sam ShepardHarlan Whitford
- Rubén BladesCarlos Villar
- Nora ArnezederAna Moreau
- Robert PatrickDaniel Kiefe
- Liam CunninghamAlec Wade
- Joel KinnamanKeller