Mei, a young girl whose memory holds a priceless numerical code, finds herself pursued by the Triads, the Russian mob, and corrupt NYC cops. Coming to her aid is an ex-cage fighter whose life was destroyed by the gangsters on Mei's trail. Safe has Jason Statham once again at his best doing what he knows best beating people up, we're talking about a film with lots of car chase sequences, action sequences and fight sequences that are amazing. Robert John Burke who was great in Speak and even as Robocop in Robocop 3 (Sorry not Sorry) also did a great job as a dirty cop. Overall lots of insane stuff in a kind of Bodyguard action movie that isn't as bad as critics made it sound like. (A+)

If you watch closely the films which J.S plays in, you will notice that movie was the first one, before HUMMING BIRD and PARKER, which the directors were absolutely not action movies film makers, not at all. And as far as J.S is above all an action actor, I found that unusual and interesting. In this very movie SAFE, you have some lines and shots that may seem offbeat for such items, for instance a shot from the Inside of a car, in the same manner as Joseph Lewis's GUN CRAZY. Not a masterpiece, this J.S feature, but not his worst for sure.

Safe is one of the better recent Statham action films. He plays Luke Wright, a former cop who ratted out his dirty colleagues and then went on to become a MMA fighter but he knocks out an opponent and sends him to a coma and upsets a betting ring.In fact the Russian mafia kills his pregnant wife but leaves him alive to suffer. Down on his luck he is about to kill himself when he spots a young Chinese girl being pursued.This girl has a photographic memory when it comes to numbers. She has been brought from China by Chinese Triads and she has memorized a complex series of numbers but she has escaped.Wright rescues her but he has to deal with the Chinese and Russian gangsters as well as his ex colleagues from the force and figure out what these numbers mean and why does everyone find the girl valuable.The film in some ways has been inspired by the Denzel Washington film, Man on Fire. The plot is rather mindless and in some ways rather convenient but there is enough fun and action.

I was looking for a movie where a down and outer overcomes the bad guys. I had heard of the Statham movies, but never watched one where he was the lone star. I had seen The Expendables, which was action hero overload. This movie was free on Prime, so I said, why not. The story line was pretty straight forward, with multiple warring factions, and Statham in the middle, having a history with all of them. Of course, he has some expert military past that is alluded to. As the story develops, he attempts to rescue himself by rescuing this little Chinese girl, Mei. Of course, this means a lot of people get killed and he does most of the killing. Statham has a pretty good screen presence, pretty cool. This movie reminded me a little of the Charles Bronson Death Wish movies, except Statham is physically much more powerful.If you want to see good kick the stuffing out of evil, with not much plot, and some exciting fighting, this will suit you fine. I wish Amazon would make other Statham movies free for Prime too - there's a very small choice at this point.