The first trailer for the new Jason Statham film SAFE has just hit over at Yahoo! and we have it right here for your viewing pleasure. You will notice from the poster below that the movie was originally scheduled for release last month, but a few months ago, they pushed the movie back until March of next year with no official reason released. This is not that uncommon though.
The movie looks like standard Jason Statham fare with him being the rough and tumble, butt-kicking individual that can and does save the day. He may be rough around the edges, but he is one of those rough around the edges guys that has a strong sense of doing the right thing, even if it means breaking the rules. Did you follow that? If you are a fan of his past movies, this one should be right up your alley. If J-Stat (yeah, I hope that nickname I just made up doesn’t stick) has not been your cup of tea in the past, this one doesn’t look like it is going to be changing anyone’s opinion.
Check out the trailer below and let us know when you think in the comments below.
SAFE is directed by Boaz Yakin and stars Jason Statham, Catherine Chan, James Hong, Reggie Lee and Robert John Burke.
SYNOPSIS: Sometimes a chance meeting can save your life.
Mei (Catherine Chan) is a 10 year-old Chinese math prodigy who is abducted from her home in Nanjing by the Triads; she is sent to America by the Triad Leader Han Jiao (James Hong), where she will serve as a “counter” for their extortion racquets. No computers, no paper trails – she keeps all the numbers in her head. One year later Mei’s new adopted “father” Chang (Reggie Lee) brings her along to count the numbers as he shakes-down his business operations.
Luke Wright (Jason Statham) is a second rate cage fighter in the mixed martial arts circuit in New Jersey. When he blows a rigged fight, the Russian mafia make an example of him – murdering his wife and threatening to kill anyone he forms any kind of friendship or relationship with. Now homeless, destitute and completely isolated from society, Luke wanders the streets of New York like a ghost, hovering on the edge of suicide.
Big things begin to stir in the city, when Triad boss Han Jiao appears in New York, and gives Mei a secret number to memorize; on her way to use this number for an unknown purpose, Mei is violently kidnapped from the Triads by the Russian Mafia, who want the information she now has in her head, as does the corrupt Captain Wolf (Robert John Burke) of the NYPD. Mei manages to escape, but she won’t be able to survive on her own for long.
Standing on a subway platform ready to throw himself under a train, Luke Wright sees the young and terrified Chinese girl being pursued by Russian thugs… he knows something is wrong, and he knows now he has to make a decision: continue on his downward spiral, or come back fighting in order to help a little girl he’s never even met. Luke comes back to life, forcing himself into violent action, and over the course of one harrowing night he tears a swath through the city’s underworld in order to save Mei’s life and redeem his own.
SAFE is set to hit theaters on March 2, 2012.
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Jim is an avid movie enthusiast, representing the general movie going audience, looking at movies for their entertainment value as opposed to their critical weight. He enjoys the escapism that movies provide. He is a fan of all genre's of movies, but gravitates toward comic-based movies, summer "popcorn" flicks and over-the-top comedies as his preference. 
