Great action, convoluted story, to be continued

Rating: 7/10 (23 September 2013)

Evelyn Salt (Angelina Jolie) is a CIA agent and her boss is Ted Winter (Liev Schreiber). Suddenly she is suspected of being a double agent who will assassinate the President of Russia.
It has a 'No Way Out' feel to the beginning and turn to some Jason Bourne stuff. The plot is convoluted full of double dealing double agents. The fact that we don't know Salt's loyalties and history at the start makes it hard to root for her. It's best not to be too concern about the plot, and just enjoy the action. The ending finishes with an obvious nod to a sequel. In fact it doesn't really end which dilutes the power of the climax. The climax is already too stretched out with a big pause where a lot of explaining is done. The to-be-continued ending doesn't help.