Safe is an upcoming action film

Action film

Action film is a film genre where one or more heroes is thrust into a series of challenges that require physical feats, extended fights and frenetic chases...

 written and directed by Boaz Yakin

Boaz Yakin

Boaz Yakin is an American screenwriter and film director based in New York City. Yakin studied filmmaking at New York City College and New York University.-Life and career:...

 and starring Jason Statham

Jason Statham

Jason Statham born 12 September1967) is an English actor and former diver, known for his roles in the Guy Ritchie crime films Revolver, Snatch and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels...

.

Plot

A former elite agent rescues a 12-year-old abducted Chinese girl, then must fight the Triads, Russian Mafia

Russian Mafia

The Russian Mafia is a name applied to organized crime syndicates in Russia and Ukraine. The mafia in various countries take the name of the country, as for example the Ukrainian mafia....

 and high-level corrupt New York City politicians as well as police.

Cast

• Jason Statham
  Jason Statham
  Jason Statham born 12 September1967) is an English actor and former diver, known for his roles in the Guy Ritchie crime films Revolver, Snatch and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels...
  
   as Luke Wright
• Catherine Chan as Mei
• Chris Sarandon
  Chris Sarandon
  Chris Sarandon is an American actor who was married to actress Susan Sarandon between 1968 and 1979. He is best known for playing Prince Humperdinck in the film The Princess Bride, the vampire Jerry Dandridge in Fright Night and Detective Mike Norris in the first entry of the Child's Play series,...
  
  
• Robert John Burke as Captain Wolf
• James Hong
  James Hong
  James Hong is an American actor and former president of the Association of Asian/Pacific American Artists . A prolific acting veteran, Hong's career spans over 50 years and includes more than 350 roles in film, television, and video games.-Early life:Hong was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His...
  
   as Han Jiao
• Reggie Lee
  Reggie Lee (actor)
  Reggie Lee is an American actor who played William Kim on the show Prison Break and also appeared as Tai Huang in two Pirates of the Caribbean films, as well as The Fast and the Furious...
  
  
• Danny Hoch
  Danny Hoch
  Danny Hoch is an American writer, director and performance artist. He has acted in larger roles in independent and art house movies and had a few small roles in mainstream Hollywood films, with increasing exposure as in 2007's We Own the Night...
  
  
• Danni Lang
• Igor Jijikine
  Igor Jijikine
  Igor Jijikine is a Russian actor working in Los Angeles and Moscow.Over the recent years, Igor has worked with such directors as Steven Spielberg, Clint Eastwood and J. J. Abrams and has appeared in numerous commercial spots for major brands.Igor is also an accomplished sportsman and stage performer...
  
   as Shemyakin

Production

Safe was announced on May 6, 2010. The film is the first in a three-film distribution deal between IM Global

IM Global

IM Global was founded in March 2007 by current CEO Stuart Ford. The company is one of the leading film financing, sales, and distribution companies in the world, with offices in Los Angeles, London, and Mumbai...

 (who also produced and fully financed) and Lionsgate

Lions Gate Entertainment

Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation is a North American entertainment company. The company was formed in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1997, and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California...

, the other two being Pete Travis

Pete Travis

Pete Travis is an English television and film director. His work includes Cold Feet , The Jury and Omagh for television, and Vantage Point and Endgame for cinema...

' Dredd and Simon West

Simon West

Simon West is an English-born film director. West started as a film editor with the BBC, then directed documentaries and commercials including many for Budweiser...

's Protection. Lawrence Bender Productions

Lawrence Bender

Lawrence Bender is an American film producer. He rose to fame by producing Reservoir Dogs in 1992 and has since produced all of Quentin Tarantino's films with the exception of Death Proof....

, Trigger Street Productions

Trigger Street Productions

Trigger Street Productions is an entertainment production company formed by Kevin Spacey and his producing partner Dana Brunetti in 1997. The company's credits include The Social Network, 21, Shrink, Fanboys, Father Of Invention, the Emmy-nonimated Bernard and Doris, Emmy-nominated Recount, Mini's...

, Automatik Entertainment, and 87eleven Action Design also produced.

On a $30 million budget, principal photography

Principal photography

thumb|300px|Film production on location in [[Newark, New Jersey]].Principal photography is the phase of film production in which the movie is filmed, with actors on set and cameras rolling, as distinct from pre-production and post-production....

 took place from October to December 2010 in Philadelphia and New York City

New York City

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. Filming scenes in Philadelphia on Broad Street

Broad Street (Philadelphia)

Broad Street is a major arterial street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and is nearly 13 miles long.It is Pennsylvania Route 611 along its entire length with the exception of its northernmost part between Old York Road and Pennsylvania Route 309 and the southernmost part south of Interstate 95...

was done on the nights and early mornings of November 17th, 18th and 19th. A class from a Catholic School in downtown Philadelphia was used for a scene depicting a class in China.

The film is set to premiere on November 18, 2011 in Ireland. In the United States, the film was scheduled to be released on October 28, 2011, and March 2, 2012, but was eventually pushed back to April 27, 2012.