Pretty decent action flick.

Rating: 7/10 (25 July 2010)

How do you replace a male action star with a female? I mean sure, you can easily do it with a dramatic role, Glen Close or Meryl Streep could easily pull that off.....but an action movie? When Tom Cruise backed out of the movie, i couldn't understand why they would deciede to change the entire script to fit the role for Ms. Jolie, as opposed to finding another male replacement. However, if one woman could possibly pull off an action roll like this, it is certainly Angelina Jolie.
Well, the first act of the movie is a little boring and predictable....not just because you've seen the trailer and know how it all starts. But because at first, it was alittle hard to swallow the idea that Jolie's character 'Salt' can transform from this sort of bubbly blonde agent, into this total bad ass chick. Not to say that she can pull off being a bad ass, it was more of the storytelling that didn't quiet add up.
However, once this confusing and boring start was over with, the movie really started to take shape and become entertaining. What i thought started out as a "Fugitive" rip-off, started to mold into a pretty intense mystery action flick. And as the movie goes on, you start to realize why Jolie was acting so boring at the start. Now i wouldn't go as far as saying it's fantastic. I mean, it is still predictable at some parts, and the dialogue is a little on the cheesy side, but it is summer action flick, and it certainly kept my attention.
Bottom Line.......yeah, it was a pretty nice summer action movie. I mean, it's nothing special, but compared to the other duds that have come out this summer, it was somewhat refreshing. And one things for certain, Jolie can certainly hold her weight in the big boy action movies.