Thursday, January 2, 2014

Safe 2012


Safe     Mei is 10 years old and she lives with her sick mother in Nanjing, China.  She is a numbers genius and her unusual memory has caused her to be kidnapped by Triad boss Han Jaio.  He sends her to America to keep track of his incoming payments and losses.  As his personal bookkeeper, she doesn’t leave a records like a computer or ledger book.  She follows her new “father” Chang on his many extortion collections.  Luke Wright is running from the Russian mafiz after botching a rigged fight.  When he sees Mei being followed on the train, he intervenes. 
     There is plenty of action in this film and the body count is very high.  The mafia and the mafiz are battling it out with each other and the NYPD.  A frantic pace but you can count on Statham to do a good job in his films.  3* (This movie is OK) 
  
95 min, Action directed by Boaz Yakin with Jason Statham, Catherine Chan, Robert John Burke, James Hong, Anson Mount, Chris Sarandon, Sandor Tecsy, Joseph Sikora, Igor Jijikine, Reggie Lee, James Colby.

Note:  Blockbuster 3 ½*, imdb 6.5 out of 10,  57% critic 60% audience on Rotten Tomatoes.

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