Safe House fingerprintRelentless energy, striking style, emotionally cool.
Pulse-pounding and breakneck
Fast from start to finish.
Emotionally reserved
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Everyday modern life
Standout performances
Standout editing and sound design
Pulse-pounding and breakneck
Fast from start to finish.
Safe House is pulse-pounding, breakneck, and tense.
Emotionally reserved
It keeps its emotions at a distance.
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect a little humor.
Standout performances
The performances stand out.
Standout editing and sound design
Look and sound: the editing and sound design stand out.
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Safe House is included with a subscription to Netflix in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on YouTube Free and Xumo Play. You can also rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, and YouTube. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Opinions are mixed, with a GoodWatch score of 58/100 (IMDb 6.7, Rotten Tomatoes 52%, and Metacritic 52). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated R in the United States. Content advisories: violence and strong language.
1 h 55 min
Safe House runs 1 h 55 min.
Not quite. Audiences rate Safe House higher (65) than critics (52). It's more of a crowd-pleaser than a critics' pick.
Yes. It cost about $85 million to make and earned $208 million worldwide, 2.4 times its budget.
It was made in English, with some Afrikaans, Spanish. Produced in United States.
+112GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Safe House in 126 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 43 storytelling tropes for Safe House, including Defector from Decadence, Important Haircut, Big Bad.
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