Safe House Trailer: Denzel Washington Tells Ryan Reynolds There is No Safe Word
It's still too soon after Green Lantern for me to embrace Ryan Reynolds as a rugged protagonist. When we erase his comic sensibilities, we're left with a geometric jawline, bleak opals for eyes (like expensive Frosty the Snowman), and an anxious self-seriousness that Van Wilder would've mocked. In the trailer for Safe House, he dons the hero face again playing a hunted man alongside Denzel Washington, who is killing it here. Trailer after the jump.
First of all: I will not stand for Vera Farmiga in generic serious-face roles anymore. Source Code? That is enough.
For a movie that seems to demand angsty nothingness from Ryan Reynolds, Safe House seems like an opportunity for Denzel to hit us with charisma. I'm happy about that. I sort of always miss Pelican Brief Denzel, you know? We'll see if he returns on Feb. 10, 2012.
'Safe House' Trailer [MovieWeb]
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If you are going to write please constrain your personal envy of this man out of the context of your article. He was good as Hal and the "Green Lantern " had tons of other people involved. This trailer looks "SWEET" Can you give the man any credit.
I don't know about Pelican Brief. Denzel here is more Training Day to me, and simply awesome. Reynolds is always a bit like a pretty, but bland mannequin.
Louis, seriously..... Reynolds bland? Have you seen 'Buried'? You amateurish movie critics keep bringing up VanWilder as if it were a stigma. Since you are judging a performance on the basis of a trailer, it would be more honest to call your... uh .... critique '2-nanosecond verdict'. Many European critics have cited Reynolds as one of the ten best actors (internationally) of 2010. I am beginning to think that his being physically terrific is seriously damaging his career.