---
title: 'Safe House (2012)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Daniel Espinosa'
released: '2012-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 115
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Action'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'South Africa'
  - 'United States'
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/safe-house-2012'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1599348/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Safe House (2012)

2012 · R · 115 min · Action, Crime, Thriller · South Africa, United States, Japan


## Synopsis

Safe House is a 2012 American action thriller film directed by Daniel Espinosa, written by David Guggenheim, and starring Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds. The film follows Matt Weston (Reynolds), a CIA officer on a low-level posting in Cape Town, South Africa, who is in charge of a safe house where the CIA is interrogating Tobin Frost (Washington), a veteran operative accused of betraying the agency. When the safe house is attacked by mercenaries, Weston flees with Frost in his charge. As the team of killers, who seem to be one step ahead of the pair, track them throughout Cape Town, Weston wonders whom to trust. Vera Farmiga, Brendan Gleeson, Sam Shepard, Rubén Blades, Nora Arnezeder and Robert Patrick co-star.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Daniel Espinosa](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-espinosa)
- **Screenplay:** [David Guggenheim](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-guggenheim)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ramin Djawadi](https://cinepixo.com/people/ramin-djawadi)
- **Producer:** [Scott Stuber](https://cinepixo.com/people/scott-stuber)
- **Director of Photography:** [Oliver Wood](https://cinepixo.com/people/oliver-wood)
- **Editor:** [Richard Pearson](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-pearson-2)

## Cast

- [Sam Shepard](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-shepard)
- [Rubén Blades](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruben-blades)
- [Joel Kinnaman](https://cinepixo.com/people/joel-kinnaman)
- [Robert Patrick](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-patrick)
- [Jake McLaughlin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jake-mclaughlin)
- [Brendan Gleeson](https://cinepixo.com/people/brendan-gleeson)
- [Vera Farmiga](https://cinepixo.com/people/vera-farmiga)
- [Nora Arnezeder](https://cinepixo.com/people/nora-arnezeder)
- [Liam Cunningham](https://cinepixo.com/people/liam-cunningham)
- [Fares Fares](https://cinepixo.com/people/fares-fares)
- [Denzel Washington](https://cinepixo.com/people/denzel-washington)
- [Sebastian Roché](https://cinepixo.com/people/sebastian-roche)
- [Ryan Reynolds](https://cinepixo.com/people/ryan-reynolds)

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