Safe is a 2012 American action crime thriller movie written and directed by Boaz Yakin and starring Jason Statham, Chris Sarandon, Robert John Burke, and James Hong, and produced by Lawrence Bender and Dana Brunetti. Statham plays Luke Wright, a former officer, and cage fighter who is tasked with defending a brilliant child from the Russian mafia, Chinese Triads, and corrupt New York City cops.
Lionsgate Films released Safe on April 27, 2012. The picture earned $40.6 million worldwide on a $30 million budget and received mixed reviews from critics. On May 6, 2010, Safe was revealed. The film is the first in a three-picture pact between IM Global and Lionsgate, with Pete Travis’ Dredd and Simon West’s Protection being the other two. The film was also produced by Lawrence Bender Productions, Trigger Street Productions, Automatik Entertainment, and 87Eleven Action Design.
Principal photography took place in Philadelphia and New York City from October to December 2010 on a $30 million budget. The nights and early mornings of November 17, 18, and 19 were used to film sequences on Broad Street in Philadelphia. For a scenario simulating a class in China, a class from a Catholic school in downtown Philadelphia was used.
Until the day he throws a fixed match, Luke Wright (Jason Statham) is a two-bit cage fighter. The Russian mob murders his family and destroys his life in retribution. Despite being alone and beset by grief, Luke takes action to save a Chinese girl (Catherine Chan) from the same thugs who murdered his family and finds himself in the thick of a high-stakes battle. The girl isn’t your typical kid; she’s a math prodigy who has a numerical code in her head that several factions are willing to murder for.
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