A Moth-eaten Heroine and a Truckload of Tripe

Rating: 1/10 (2 August 2011)

Movie producers' contempt for their customers is legendary, and "Salt" is a prime example of their pathological greed. In this case they couldn't even be bothered to concoct a fresh plot, as yet another megalomaniac clique plans to start World War 3 by assassinating the US and Russian presidents. The genre was mercilessly satirized by the Austin Powers franchise more than a decade ago, and this ludicrous example insults everybody above the mental age of twelve.
The story makes little sense, as the attempt at world domination by group of power-crazed conspirators is foiled by one of their own mole triple agents. The film's conveyor belt of action sequences is clearly the point of the exercise, as the stunt doubles of an anorexic Jolie spend almost two hours jumping from roof to roof of various speeding vehicles, and vanquishing hundreds of heavily armed assailants. The public seems to possess an insatiable appetite for escapist fantasies, and garbage like 'Salt' allows a cynical industry to take their money and laugh at them behind their backs.