Action-packed

Rating: 8/10 (10 May 2011)

I can accept any premise to a movie. What I expect is for the plot to unfold in a plausible way based on that premise. This movie succeeds in that respect. Agent Salt deals with every situation in her own way, bearing in mind she is a highly trained killing machine. People complain the Russians are pictured in a bad light in this movie. Duh, they're meant to be the bad guys people! Finally, as an action movie, SALT sure delivers. The pace is fast, but slows down at the right moments to let people catch their breath. Add a few unexpected twists (but still plausible based on the premise that the Soviet Union has infiltrated every echelon of the US security administration with sleeper agents) and this movie is very entertaining. Acting is reasonable, not that it matters for such action movies anyway.