Salty and Tasty

Rating: 8/10 (31 July 2010)

If you're looking for a classic, popcorn thriller, then Salt is your movie. It's a hell of time and if you're looking for excitement, you won't be disappointed.
Angelina Jolie plays Evelyn Salt, a C.I.A. officer. Most know by now that this was a role originally intended for Tommy Cruise, but Mr. Cruise felt it was too Mission Impossible-ly for his tastes.
We're better off with Angie, anyway.
She surely knows how to kick some ass. Salt is a spy thriller, and in this spy thriller, Jolie's character is accused of being a Russian spy. But wait— isn't she a C.I.A. officer? Right, so she's got nothing to hide. Okay, okay. But why is she running from the good guys? And punching and kicking and killing them and being a total bad-ass? Hmmm
Twists and turns are around every corner in this flick, some predictable, a few unexpected, but mainly, this film is what it sets out to be. An action-filled spy thriller. Nothing more, nothing less. Some of the direction seems a bit manufactured at times and the pacing a tad bit slow, but Angelina makes up for it with a great performance. Liev Schreiber, who also plays a C.I.A. agent, hands in a appreciable performance, as well. Same for Chiwetel Ejiofor.
Throughout the hour and forty minutes, you don't know whose side to choose, but that doesn't make it confusing. That just makes the movie even more worth it to catch. Don't miss this thrill ride.