Good spy thriller

Rating: 7/10 (18 March 2013)

This question at the heart of this movie is "whose side is Salt on?" The Americans', the Russians', or just her own? Every 15 or 20 minutes there's a new twist, so you're never quite sure what to make of her, even at the very end of the film.
This movie also delivers well on the 'Hollywood thrill' of seeing a lone renegade agent out-thinking and out-fighting the entire US government (although it has to be said that's been done before, and done better, in the Bourne films).
They could have improved the movie further by making Salt into a more complex character. She was very cold and calculating and always looked in control. She never seemed to face a moral dilemma or a situation she couldn't easily handle. Even the climactic double-crossing of Liev Schreiber's character didn't seem to phase her.
Overall, though, I enjoyed this movie and I hope they get round to making a sequel.