Criminals are now so afraid of Jason Statham that they’re mobilizing an entire city to take him down…and it still might not be enough. In a new trailer for Safe, just released from Lionsgate, Statham plays Luke Wright, an ex-cop from New York who witnesses some tough guys attempting to abduct a twelve-year-old girl. After rescuing her, Wright learns that the girl has memorized a code and that the Triads, Russian Mafia and corrupt NYC officials all want it. They’ll do anything to get it, but they’ll have to go through Wright first.
Directed by Boaz Yakin (Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time), Safe also stars Anson Mount (Straw Dogs), Chris Sarandon (Fright Night), Reggie Lee (Grimm) and James Hong (Blade Runner). Safe opens up on March 2, 2012. If you’re a fan of Statham, you’ll want to hit the jump and check out this trailer.
I like the idea of Statham having to protect the little girl from all the violence and mayhem going on around him. It gives the guy a bit of a weakness, an Achilles’ heel, which seems to be lacking in some of his movies. It’s a testament to how badass Statham is that he now has to get through the Chinese crime syndicate, the Russian mafia and the whole of the NYPD to get safely out of Manhattan. (Loved the last line of the trailer where he drops a one-liner in Russian!) It’s no wonder this guy is wanted for every action franchise under the sun.
Click over to Yahoo! to watch the trailer in HD.
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Why does Jason Statham always look constipated?
Didn’t we see the same thing with Bruce Willis and Mercury Rising? As I recall, it was an awful movie.
Thank you! I knew there was something similar but I couldn’t think of it; it was driving me crazy.
Yeah,Mercury Rising had the exact same plot.The kid totally ruined that movie with his awful acting.
Exactly what I thought as soon as I read the opening few lines. Hollywood is so unbelievably unimaginative, it’s a wonder they ever make anything original – and when they do it must be more by luck than design.
If see a statement like “From the producers of Kill Bill and Inglorious Bastards”.
That make me think I should expect great dialogue and powerful narrative.
The trailer seem to saying it just a straight shoot em up with b movie plot.
I’ll be honest, these generic B-movie plots don’t fill me with excitement, and while Jason Statham seems to be struggle with any accent that isn’t from south London, I’m still kind of stoked to see this movie.
This film looks amazing it’s like some postmodern shit or someting.
Even the title ‘Safe’ is like a slap in the face.
Sometimes i want to watch is the good guy shooting up bad guys, this seems like exactly that kind of movies so I’m definitely going to watch it
A cheaper and cheasier “Mercury Rising”. And with bad russian pronaunciation.
Thanks for giving this story to Trumbore. He seems to be an action fan, and I appreciate his excitement about the trailer.
I was really tired of Goldberg’s insulting comments every time he wrote something about Statham.
Totally agree… =)
Statham really has stepped up in the action genre. The man is pure bad ass.