★★★½
To summarise, Jason Statham plays Luke, an ex cage fighter turned super man on a mission to help save Mei, a young Chinese girl who is on the run from your typical bad– there is the corrupt police, the Triads and the Russian mafia. The basics of the plot are simple and it is indeed your typical Statham film in every sense – its hard hitting with high-octane action and unbelievable stunts that could never be achieved in real life, but that’s all part of the fun; I mean, who would want to see our action hero walk away with any form of injurywhen he launches himself out of a building window? It’s filmed at a good pace with quality camera work and a surprisingly solid script, and although the plot is typically predictable, Safe manages to provide some enjoyable dialogue and a slick sequence of scenes that gives us Statham at his best.
Three Sentence Critic 
If I’m not mistaken I think I gave it the same rating. I did enjoy it though, more than I expected.
Yeah, better than expected and enjoyable, one of Stathams better films of late.
I was very disappointed by this and I usually enjoy Statham movies. This one didn’t click with me though…
You see and I thought this was one of his better films, but nice to see someone lean the other way on it. Thanks for the comment Nostra.
Interesting to hear that. Have to admit that if you’d ask me to name his best movie I’d probably would have a hard time coming up with one.
Yeah, when I say better films, I mean lately (ie Killer Elite, Blitz, Expendables). If I had to pick out a fav, it would be between Snatch & Lock Stock, probably Transporter making up my top 3 of his.
I see you tagged this with Chris Sarandon. Does he get his full on Prince Humperdink on?? (I love the guy!!)
Hahaha, not quite full on Prince Humperdinck at all unfortunately. I can understand your love for him though haha.
Thank God, someone not reviewing horror movies exclusively in October!
Haha, there is a high likelyhood that I won’t review any at all as well. Halloween isn’t exactly something I celebrate or ever take part in tbh, so more reviews of everything else here 🙂
Based on the trailer, I thought I would really dislike this movie, but I actually enjoyed it quite a lot. I agree it was really well paced and before I knew it, it was over.
Yes, glad we agree here, it worked surprisingly well and had more to it than I expected.
Yes this is a ‘typical’ movie for Jason Statham which i find a little annoying as I think he is capable of better such as ‘The Bank Job’. There is more acting talent in him that clearly never gets a chance to be seen, on the other hand I guess he is making a nice living