Safe (Boaz Yakin, 2012)

It's Jason Statham's umpteenth outing where he reluctantly ends up having to look after an innocent, which of course involves brutally disposing of hordes of gangsters. For the record, this time the innocent is a young Chinese girl who is also a maths genius wanted by the Triads, Russian mafia and corrupt NYPD alike, and he's a former cage fighter who upset his backers by not taking a dive...as if a Statham character ever would. To be charitable, it zips along, mercifully the relationship between the guardian and the ward doesn't get too mawkish - though that's probably just because the ADHD pace doesn't allow any time for it - and there is actually one surprising touch in the finale. It will while away the time between meals on a long-haul flight and serves no other productive purpose at all, not even for the Stath-man's resume.

4/10