Safe (2012 film)
Safe is a 2012 American action thriller film written and directed by Boaz Yakin, produced by Lawrence Bender, Dana Brunetti and Joseph Zolfo and starring Jason Statham, Chris Sarandon, Robert John Burke and James Hong. In the film, Luke Wright (Statham) is an ex-cop and former cage fighter who winds up protecting a gifted child being chased by the Russian mafia, Chinese Triads, and corrupt NYPD officers. Safe was released by Lionsgate Films on April 27, 2012, where it received mixed reviews from critics. The film grossed $40.6 million worldwide against a budget of $30 million. Plot Luke Wright is an ex-cop and cage fighter who unintentionally wins a fixed fight. Emile Docheski, who is the head of the Russian mafia, tells his son Vassily and his men to kill Wright's pregnant wife as punishment and then promise to kill anyone to whom he speaks regularly. Luke leaves his life behind, thus becoming a homeless tramp. Mei is young mathematical prodigy in China, who gets kidnapped by men working for Triad boss Han Jiao, who wishes to use Mei as a mental calculator to eliminate his criminal enterprise's traceable digital footprint. Han sends her to New York City, in the