Movie

Safe House

1998 · 112 min

A tense, melancholic thriller that keeps you guessing as a man's mind and world unravel.

Tagline: The less you know, the safer you are.
Overview: A psychological thriller; Mace Sowell, an ex-intelligence operative and whose past government activities catches up with him, faces his own mortality, in the shape of the onset of Alzheimer's disease. Holding the electronic key to secret information which implicates a Presidential front-runner, Mace struggles for his life while battling the debilitating effects of the disease.
How it feels: Tense, melancholic, dark and cynical. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Memory, conspiracy, isolation, deception
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: memory
conspiracy
isolation
deception
betrayal
Places: single country house
suburbs
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex none