A good girl flick

Rating: 6/10 (28 July 2010)

Hmm, well as far as sleeper movies go, this one was pretty good. At first I thought Salt was innocent, and in a way she was. She did manage to regain most of her memory to collect enough to know she was a sleeper agent for the Russian government. But in her life, things get twisted in one way or the other. I thought the president was a sleeper himself but in fact it was Salt's ex boss who was. Quite a thought provoking film about old experiments that are still potent today than it was in the cold war. I like the action and the gun play, it could have used a bit more blood and guts in this espionage thriller but maybe some agents are a little polite. What was a bit of a throw off, is her character not being able to carry out any of her assignments since that is what she was trained for. Instead her own tactics were to kill everyone involved because of the death of her parents under the tutelage of Orlov her teacher and mentor. Basically she wanted pure revenge and nothing else. Her character played it brilliantly. To fool her superiors into thinking the Russian president is dead, and to go on to save the united states from the real evil agent. Good action, good actors, and very good story. Though I cannot give this ten stars, for the simple reason that this has a large hint of the Manchurian Candidate. Other than that, a good summer film.