Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.
There are zero surprises, but it looks good, moves well through a trim running time and wields its clichés with defiant aplomb. Read full review
There's a back story to this, and it's actually sort of witty. Read full review
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. Read full review
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. Read full review
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. Read full review
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. Read full review
Statham is still playing it safe in Safe, but vulnerability is showing through the cracks. Read full review
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. Read full review
Writer-director Boaz Yakin delivers his conflicting elements mostly as intended, and with obvious ambition. But he fails to take care of certain fundamentals - most problematically, coaxing out the emotion he's seeking from Statham and young newcomer Catherine Chan. Read full review
Safe arrives filled with bombast and sneers but barely any thrills. Read full review
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Blammo! Read full review