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MUMBAI:
Reliance Entertainment is gearing up to release the
Jason Statham-starrer 'Safe' on 4 May.
The
film has Statham essaying the role of Luke Wright, a
former NYPD cop cum second-rate cage fighter whose wife
has been murdered and his life destroyed by the Russian
mob. With nothing to live for, Luke begins contemplating
suicide. But his unlikely saviour is a ten-year-old
Chinese math prodigy named Mei.
She
has been brought to America and forced to act as the
organisation’s “human ledger”. But the
information Mei holds in her memory is also coveted
by the Russian mob, and a botched abduction attempt
sends her on the run…and right into Luke’s
path.
He
tries to protect Mei from the Triads while outwitting
New York officials and the Russian Mafia. He won’t
stop until she’s safe. Safe’s vivid central
relationship between Luke and Mei is the driving force
of the film.
"Audiences
will experience a new depth of Jason''s talent in
the film. He plays a tough guy, and with the stunts
and the action he is meticulous to a crazy degree.
But this is a much more vulnerable character than
he usually plays. He really went for it and I think
that is going to surprise people," says director
Boaz Yakin.
The
film has been produced by those who gave us Kill Bill
and Inglorious Basterds.
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