Salt Review

Rating: 8/10 (24 August 2010)

Angelina Jolie can't keep away from the action flicks! And that's no bad thing I suppose. Excluding Tomb Raider(s) which I thought were horrific, she's at the top of the league table when it comes to female action stars. Granted that league table isn't exactly huge either!
This time round, Angie plays Evelyn Salt who works for the CIA . For one reason or another, this movie opens with Salt held hostage in China and she is only released after her husband rallies for her release. Salt eventually goes back to work and on the day she is rushing to leave for her anniversary dinner (cheesynot the dinner, but a cliché surely) a defector walk's in. Said Defector is interrogated by Salt who informs her that a sleeper agent is about to wake up and kill a few important folk. Not long after this insightful piece of dialogue, he goes on to say that the sleeper spy is called Evelyn Salt. OMG!!! DRAMMMMAA! Her superiors in the CIA decide to have a bit of chat about the said allegation and Salt decides to go on the run, particularly after she can't get in contact with her husband. Throw in a few set pieces and one or two slightly predictable twist's and you get Salt!
Jolie is pretty solid throughout and her on screen colleagues namely Liev Schrieber are also pretty solid and likable. Some of the set piece's are pretty impressive and the movie ploughs along quite quickly and your never quite left hanging around in its 90 odd minute running time. That said, the one thing that bothered me more than anything else, was Angie's hair color. It just doesn't look right!!! Salt is not going to be the best actioner you'll see as it does get bland at times, but it's little twists, predictable as they might be, and set pieces do provide some form of entertainment. While Salt might need some pepper from time to time, it's not a bad movie and is very watchable.