1 SAFE HOUSE

Oscar winner Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds star in the action-thriller "Safe House." Washington plays the most dangerous renegade from the CIA, who comes back onto the grid after a decade on the run.

When the South African safe house he's remanded to is attacked by mercenaries, a rookie operative (Reynolds) escapes with him. Now, the unlikely allies must stay alive long enough to uncover who wants them dead.

For the past year, Matt Weston has been frustrated by his inactive, backwater post in Cape Town. A "housekeeper" who aspires to be a full-fledged agent, the loyal company man has been waiting for an opportunity to prove himself. When the first and only occupant he's had proves to be the most dangerous man he's ever met, Weston readies for duty.

Tobin Frost has eluded capture for almost a decade. One of the best ops men that the CIA's known, the ex-intelligence officer has given up assets and sold military intel to anyone with cash since he turned. From trading secrets to North Korea to aiding splinter cells, the damage he's done to the U.S. is immeasurable.

As soon as Frost is brought in for debriefing, mercenaries come and tear apart Weston's safe house. Barely escaping, the unlikely partners must discover if their attackers have been sent by terrorists or someone on the inside who will kill anyone standing in the way.

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2 DYING OF THE LIGHT

It begins with a flashback, to which the film will return periodically throughout, to a violent hostage situation involving undercover CIA operative Evan Lake (Cage) and his leering captor, an Islamic terrorist named Muhammad Banir (Alexander Karim).

Lake was rescued and Banir presumed dead in the aftermath, but 22 years later, the graying, highly decorated hero still bears the scars of that encounter — a mutilated ear.

And the dogged, haunting certainty that his old nemesis is still alive, if not necessarily well: Banir, it turns out, suffered from a rare and deadly hereditary blood disease.

When Lake’s smart young protege, Milton (Yelchin), receives evidence suggesting that Banir has been demanding experimental treatment from a doctor in Bucharest, it seems that justice, or something like it, might finally be within reach.

Unfortunately, Lake’s higher-ups would prefer to let sleeping dogs lie, and not long after the Agency forces him into retirement, he decides to track down Banir on his own, albeit with Milton’s loyal help.

Lake is diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, a brain condition more aggressively debilitating than Alzheimer’s. Lake tells Milt about his mental deterioration, which becomes increasingly apparent as the film progresses.

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