Movietime:Safe House

This will be the first of my movie reviews, I may even get into tv shows as well, but for now just movies. I watch way too many shows that are old or ending or have just ended so it would be very scattered and I'd much rather just give comments on movies for now. I know its confusing to wonder why I would decide to give reviews on a blog devoted to my writing but....fuck it I wanna write them and you will read it!

The first on the list will be 'Safe House', Starring the ever gorgeous and devastatingly talented-Ryan Reynolds, and (this will shock and awe everyone) a not favorite actor of mine- Denzel Washington. Dont even try to argue with this, I have watched his movies and I just never enjoy them, let it go, I'm not easily swayed.

The plot of this movie originally seemed simple to me. Denzel's character is a good guy, turned bad guy. Ryan Reynolds is just hot. After nearly 10 years Denzel pops back up on the governments radar and they want him bad. Hes got secrets and they need him now! Ryan is just finishing up over a years worth of work being a 'sitter' for the safe house. After capturing Denzel, or at least thinking they 'caught' him, they bring him to Ryans safe house. After all that is the name of the movie.

Like so many movies named after a certain place in the movie, this one barely shows the place. There are two brief scenes with Ryan and his day to day loneliness within the safe house. Once they bring Denzel in, which happens within the first twenty minutes of the movie, all hell breaks loose and they have to get out. Somehow the bad guys found them and everyones dead but Ryan. Bad guys are after Denzel for the same reason the good guys want him, information. After Ryan escapes the safe house with Denzel in tow they go off on a very intense car chase.
-I'm gonna put in a side note here about this car chase. When Ryan and Denzel run out they enter onto a very crowded street where everyone is running and screaming because they have just heard gunshots. The bad guys somehow know that Ryan has Denzel even though he had shoved him in the truck before anybody saw him. To me it just seemed convenient that the bad guys knew he was the one they were after just because he sped away. I'd speed the fuck away too if I heard gun shots, I don't wanna get shot! Side note end.
In the midst of a very intense car chase Denzel escapes the trunk, enters the back seat and proceeds to beat the shit out of Ryan who is still driving the car they are both riding in. I don't know if he suddenly has a superman complex but I really don't think Denzel would survive going head first through a windshield at 50MPH. Once they make their escape and Ryan beats down Denzel they have to hide out.
-Oh I also forgot to mention Ryan has a girlfriend. He's of course in love with her, as every covert government agent does with random women. I swear it felt like Bourne all over again, only this chick wasnt helpful in the slightest!
I wont continue with the full on description of the movie. Partially because I don't remember a lot of it, and also because its got a lot of plot twists and turns. I knew I wasn't going to like this movie, if only for the fact that it really isnt my type of movie. You can say its because I am a girl and I dont like action movies, but I do. I just never truly enjoy 'government' based movies. Also not being fond of Denzel I didn't have a lot going for me, other than my love of Ryan Reynolds. Put simply, this movie was a hard watch. I went in expecting one thing and came out with something totally different. Denzel's bad guy character turns out to really be good, which to me seemed like a cop-out. Ryan saves the day and gets the girl. In a very unlikely situation where they both should have ended up dead they somehow escape and live happily ever after.

Ryan's acting is very impressive, especially the fight scenes. He has definitely evolved as an actor and proves time and again that he can excel at whatever role he is handed. Denzel was very believable as the badass in the beginning. Killing people and slipping through like a super spy he fit the role well. The script was more or less the issue as it seemed like they were trying so hard for suspense and fast paced story telling that they ended up making it lag and actually boring me. Although I wont put it all on the script because even a great script can be ruined by poor directing and editing.

All in all I would not recommend this movie. Out of 5 stars I give it a 2.5.Even for Ryan Reynolds fans I would suggest renting Blade Trinity and enjoying true Ryan at his best.

I hope you all enjoy this and check back for my next review- 'Megamind' Starring Will Ferrell