Safe

When you have Jason Statham in the lead in any movie even if it were the most serious of Shakespearean tragedies, you would walk in expecting a series of edge of the seat action sequences that leave you in a tizzy over a 3 minute segment. You would then get a 30 second break and then another 5 minute chase followed by a couple of minutes of a jog and a 4 minute breath taking action sequence that would blow your pants off in the literal sense of the word.

So if and when you would walk into watch Safe, why would you think anything otherwise I say. And with your due permission I would like to put your doubts to rest immediately and declare that Safe is all of the above and more. If you are a Statham fan or not, you are bound to enjoy the action sequences in this Boaz Yakin (director of Remember the Titans) movie. Before I go any further, I would say, grab yourself a popcorn, fasten your seat belts and enjoy the bleddy ride!!!

Mei (Catherine Chan) is a less than 10 year old Chinese girl who has her way with numbers. Numbers talk to her. She hates mathematics but is sadly really good at it. When her principal realizes this, he sets her up with Uncle Han (James Hong) who actually gets her kidnapped and sent off to the Big Apple to “help” with the family business. Now this aspect of the movie I really didn’t get.

But it doesn’t take rocket science to figure out that her next assignment is to remember a code. A series of numbers on an A5 paper that to her mean nothing but mean a lot to the local Russian Gangs who are perennially at war against the local Chinese Gangs. But all of this is without the involvement of prize fighter Luke Wright (Statham). Not till he gets into trouble with the Russians for winning a fight that he was supposed to lose in the 2nd round. The result – The Russians kill his wife and leave him in the lurch. It takes a few minutes of screen time before Mei and Wright cross paths. The rest as they say is A grade testosterone.

A complete “Man Movie” from about 15 minutes in for the next 75 odd minutes with slick direction and some ice cold looking performances from the one and only Jason Statham. I have seen only 2 expressions from Statham to date. One which is what everyone is familiar with – the pug faced one which really can be described only as expressionless. And the smile that he gives @ the end of The Italian Job. Don’t expect anything more this time either. But Safe is a safe bet to watch. Not for kids mind you because there is some mind numbing violence to put it mildly. 6.5 on 10.

Trailer on http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi2055184665/