Critic Reviews
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USA Today Claudia Puig
Boaz Yakin's slick direction, marked by quick cuts, unstinting energy and a lack of sentimentality, makes the action scenes satisfying. But he's a better director than writer.
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75
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Washington Post
There's a back story to this, and it's actually sort of witty.
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New York Post
There are zero surprises, but it looks good, moves well through a trim running time and wields its clichés with defiant aplomb.
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ReelViews James Berardinelli
The violence has the straightforward, unflinching characteristic evident in "Reservoir Dogs" and "Pulp Fiction," although Yakin's dialogue falls considerably short of Tarantino's, both in terms of substance and offbeat humor.
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70
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Los Angeles Times Robert Abele
There's nothing terribly original about Safe, but it's a suitably grimy playground for action cinema's reigning pit bull.
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58
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Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
Safe has more action than intrigue (or logic), and it's boilerplate vicious. It may satisfy Statham's fans, but they - like he - would do well to enlarge their expectations.
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Movieline Stephanie Zacharek
It has neither the Red Bull-fueled crudeness of "Crank" nor the Frenchified lunatic vitality of the "Transporter" movies; it's not even as cheaply entertaining as the generic hit-man retread "The Mechanic." Safe shows Statham comfortably treading water, proving all the things he no longer needs to prove.
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The Hollywood Reporter
Though Safe initially seems a little darker and more thoughtful than the British star's previous comic-book escapades in "Death Race," "The Expendables" or the "Transporter" trilogy, it ultimately reverts to testosterone-heavy formula.
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Rolling Stone Peter Travers
Statham is still playing it safe in Safe, but vulnerability is showing through the cracks.
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50
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San Francisco Chronicle Amy Biancolli
None of this bears much or any resemblance to the real world, but the violence crunches, the editing snaps and the humorous one-liners pop at well-timed junctures.
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20
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New York Daily News Joe Neumaier
Safe arrives filled with bombast and sneers but barely any thrills.
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