Totally hasbeen

Rating: 2/10 (8 October 2010)

Let's face it - Angelina Jolie can not act. The only reason we shell out money to see her on silver screen is her exotic hotness and sort of senseless energy. Well, in Salt she delivers very little of either. I was with a friend, he's male, straight and nerdy - the very Jolie fan material - and he said DO NOT WANT. No surprise here. She looks gaunt and weak even for a trophy-girl character, let alone a cool action heroine. Her media persona also gets in the way. We hear so much about Ms Jolie that is really hard to forget who she is in real life and trust the character. You know watching a saintly UN ambassador and mother of I don't know how many at the moment, rush about and fire guns left and right is somewhat uncomfortable.
Unlike many other fellow Russian viewers I don't feel insulted by the caricature way of portraying Russians in the movie. It is Hollywood, for God's sake, when did they do justice to any foreign culture? In American cinematic (or cultural, at large) mythology foreigners are either quirky villains or "ingenious people". You choose. I rather find it extremely funny that Russia still has that big evil image movie makers can cash on. No "Cracosia" at least :)
All in all, if you don't mind dingy Lara Croft and love well-done irrelevant action, this is for you.