{"id":276440,"date":"2021-06-16T22:00:12","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T19:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/safe-is-like-a-prototype-for-the-john-wick-franchise-film\/"},"modified":"2021-06-16T22:00:12","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T19:00:12","slug":"safe-is-like-a-prototype-for-the-john-wick-franchise-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/safe-is-like-a-prototype-for-the-john-wick-franchise-film\/","title":{"rendered":"#’Safe’ is Like a Prototype for the ‘John Wick’ Franchise \u2013 \/Film"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#’Safe’ is Like a Prototype for the ‘John Wick’ Franchise \u2013 \/Film<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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(Welcome to\u00a0<\/i>T<\/i><\/b>he Daily Stream<\/i><\/b><\/a>, an ongoing series<\/a> in which the \/Film team shares what they\u2019ve been watching, why it\u2019s worth checking out, and where you can stream it.)<\/i><\/p>\n

The Movie<\/strong>:\u00a0Safe<\/em><\/p>\n

Where You Can Stream It<\/strong>: Hulu
\nThe Pitch<\/strong>: Jason Statham is a disgraced cop turned cage fighter (see, this is cool already) who seeks some sort of redemption by protecting a child genius (Catherine Chan) who acts as a human computer for the\u00a0Chinese Triads.<\/p>\n

Why It\u2019s Essential Viewing<\/strong>:\u00a0Jason Statham has made a lot of movies where he essentially plays the same character: a brooding, angry, scowling guy who punches people. And while there\u2019s nothing wrong with that, a lot of his movies tend to blend together as a result. But\u00a0Safe<\/em> is a standout, primarily because it\u2019s stylish as hell and features fight scenes coordinated by\u00a0Chad Stahelski, the stuntman turned filmmaker who would go on to helm the John Wick<\/em> franchise.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Before\u00a0John Wick<\/em> there was\u00a0Safe<\/em>. While the 2012 Jason Statham actioner doesn\u2019t share writers or directors with the\u00a0Wick<\/em> series, it does have Cha Stahelski serving as stunt coordinator. As a result, the fights in this film look a\u00a0lot<\/em> like the fights in the\u00a0Wick<\/em> series \u2013 brutal, fast, and immensely entertaining. But the\u00a0Wick<\/em> comparisons go beyond that. Both\u00a0Safe<\/em> and the\u00a0John Wick<\/em> series focus on an ass-kicker drawn back into the game<\/a>, both have the Russian mafia as antagonists, and both deal with elaborate, criminal underworlds that feel like exercises in world-building.<\/p>\n

Statham plays Luke Wright, a former cop turned cage fighter. While Luke can clearly kick everyone\u2019s ass, and eventually does, he deliberately takes dives in fights. But when Luke steps into the ring for his latest fight, he accidentally puts his unskilled opponent in the hospital. This is bad news<\/a> for Luke, because a Russian mobster had a lot of money bet on that fight, and now he wants Luke dead.<\/p>\n

In the midst of all this we might the film\u2019s other lead character,\u00a0Mei (Catherine Chan), a child prodigy who is kidnapp<\/a>ed from China and sent to New York to work for the Chinese Triads. Mei is so smart that the Triads essentially use her as a human computer, storing all sorts of info in her mind to avoid a paper trail. But other mobsters \u2013 including the Russian mob Luke is in trouble with \u2013 want to get their hands on this genius child too, especially because she has the combination to a safe containing a fortune tucked away in her noggin.
\nThrough a series of convoluted actions, Luke and Mei cross paths, and Luke decides to protect the kid from, well, everyone. Even crooked cops that Luke used to work with get mixed up in things. And all of this sets up a film that becomes a non-stop exercise in watching Statham brutally kill people. There\u2019s a moral ambiguity here that\u2019s both shocking and kind of refreshing \u2013 the film makes no attempt to paint Luke as some noble hero. Yes, he\u2019s protecting a kid, but that protection leads him to storm into public places and shoot people in the head without provocation. And when he\u2019s not doing that, he\u2019s punching and kicking his way through nameless thugs.<\/p>\n

Director\u00a0Boaz Yakin ramps up the style, using quick cuts and other trickery that elevates\u00a0Safe<\/em> above the many other generic action flicks Statham has made over the years. It really feels like a prototype for what would become the\u00a0John Wick<\/em> series. It\u2019s not quite as good as those movies, but it doesn\u2019t disappoint.<\/p>\n

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