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Safe House

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Safe House
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2hrs 5min
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1998
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Showtime Entertainment
Synopsis: Patrick Stewart plays Mace Sowell, a retired government operative who possesses damaging information about a presidential hopeful, and holes himself up inside his secure compound because he fears reprisal. In order to protect himself, Sowell has designed a system whereby the information will be released to the public if he is not there to type in a password at regular intervals. This he believes will keep him from being assassinated, but just in case, he stages elaborate self-defense drills with ... Full Synopsis
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Safe House is a thoughtful, if gradually paced, thriller that explores a fascinating issue: how the crisis of a degenerative brain disease becomes greater when it involves someone burdened with secret information. Not only might the information die, or at least lose its credibility once the affliction reaches a certain level, but the Alzheimer's patient will also lose the ability to defend himself ... Full Review
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