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Safe House (2012)

Where Safe House says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

A Hollywood chase through Cape Town: only the stadium and a township are on record as real filming spots.

Scenes and places

Frost walks into the US consulate

Tobin Frost, a rogue ex-CIA operative on the run, gives himself up at the consulate after a mercenary team kills his MI6 contact. His surrender sets the whole chase in motion.

Set in US Consulate, Cape Town — After a mercenary attack in Cape Town, Tobin Frost surrenders to the American consulate.

The film places the surrender at the consulate; no filming spot for it is documented.

The safe house is attacked

Weston, a junior housekeeper who has never had a guest, suddenly receives the most wanted man in the story. When mercenaries storm the house, he flees with Frost instead of waiting for orders.

Set in CIA safe house, Cape Town — The safe house where Matt Weston works and where Frost is taken for interrogation.

A fictional CIA site; the film gives no street address and no filming spot is documented.

The GPS pickup at Green Point Stadium

Weston, ordered to lie low, is told to fetch a bag with a GPS device at the Green Point station. Frost sees his chance and creates a diversion, leaving Weston to face the police alone.

Set in Green Point Stadium Metrorail station — The Metrorail station at Green Point Stadium, where Weston is sent to collect a GPS device pointing to the next safe house. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Green Point Stadium was built for the 2010 World Cup; the film uses its old name.

Filmed at Cape Town Stadium grounds, Green Point — The stadium grounds are named as a filming location; the exact station spot is not documented. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there:

The forger in the township

Weston works out where Frost would run and follows him to a forger who can get him papers. The visit shows that Weston is learning to think like the man he is chasing.

Set in Langa township, Cape Town — The township where Frost meets Carlos Villar, an old friend and document forger. Google Maps · Apple Maps

Langa is the oldest township in Cape Town, east of the city centre.

Filmed at Langa township, Cape Town — Langa is named as a filming location; the exact street is not documented. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there:

The second safe house

Weston brings Frost to the next safe house and, distrusting everyone, holds its housekeeper at gunpoint. Nobody he has been told to trust can be trusted any more.

Set in Second CIA safe house, outside Cape Town — The new safe house outside the city, kept by a housekeeper named Keller.

The film does not name a place for this house and no filming spot is documented.

Filmed at Clifton Beaches — Backdrop; scene not documented Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Lion's Head — Backdrop; scene not documented Google Maps · Apple Maps

Characters

• Matt Weston — A junior CIA officer minding a safe house in Cape Town, hungry for field work.
• Tobin Frost — A former CIA operative turned international criminal, handed over to Weston's care.

Questions answered on the map

• Which real Cape Town stadium appears as a Metrorail station in Safe House?