Denzel Washington returned to add yet another thriller to
his CV this year with Safe House, an action thriller set in Cape Town.
The movie also stars Ryan Reynolds who arguably plays the
main character, Matt Weston, a frustrated man who is stuck in his role running
a safe house for the CIA. Denzel plays Tobin Frost, a rogue agent who’s been
out there for years evading the CIA. One way or another he ends up captured and
lo-and-behold he is introduced to woefully inexperienced Matt.
Unfortunately the US government are fairly inept, according
to this movie anyway, and they fail to secure the location and somehow grant
every man and his dog in South Africa the knowledge of the safe house’s
location. Due to this several armed men force their way into the compound in an
attempt to get to Frost. During the inevitable firefight, Matt takes Frost out
with him and they head off on the run while the Americans wonder just what to
do.
