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]