Henry Barnes 

Safe – review

Jason Statham has cracked the art of giving an action performance with a heart, writes Henry Barnes
  
  

Safe
Space for emotion … Safe. Photograph: Sportsphoto Ltd./Allstar Photograph: Sportsphoto Ltd./Allstar

Jason Statham hits things. This time in New York, where he's a broken ex-cop helping a young girl (Catherine Chan) who's memorised the code for a safe that two rival gangs and the rottenest apples in NYC's police department are desperate to open. The Stath punches his way through the problem, but for once – between the explosions and Statham's "Brook-lahn" accent – there's space for emotion. Our man's Leon-like interactions with his protectee semi-justify the carnage. It's tough delivering an action performance with heart. Statham's cracked it.

 

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