Salt Brings the Pepper and Spice to Make this Film Nice

Rating: 8/10 (25 July 2010)

he Bourne Identity and Salt need to team up and have lunch when not on the run. They really have a connection and are in a similar movie just replaced genders. Salt is one of the better thrillers of 2010 and is not a movie that goes ape with twists and turns. It has a couple here and there but really its just a typical thriller. Its a movie that has fun with itself and thats something I look for in movies like this. A movie that can enjoy itself which can get dialogue when needed and give decent action sequences.
Angelina Jolie has never been an actress I followed with passion. If something came out that had an interest level that was higher than expected with her, Id see it. But in retrospect I haven't seen more than three things with her name on it. Salt is one Im glad I did check out because I was debating Inception beforehand. Ill see it at one point, but I was looking for some slim and slender Jolie to satisfy. Rather blonde, black haired, or with a tomboyish cut, shes attractive.
The plot involves Evelyn Salt (Jolie) a CIA agent who is recently uncovered by Orlov who reveals the plans of Russians who want to bring all hell to the United States. When Salt is said to be involved a brainscan is conducted on the man and hes telling the truth. The agent co-workers go on a spree looking for her and want to catch her as soon as possible. The action begins as we see Salt jump out of windows jump out of moving cars, run through traffic, tase cops, and so on. The action gets redundant, but after the CIA jargon scenes you want some mind numbing scenes.
Salt has it's share of flaws. To begin with, like James Bond and the Bourne series the film has a lot of punching, slapping, and hitting in it. Which is fine, but almost no blood is seen, at least not that I noticed. Now, I don't want one punch to make the face explode in gore, but some blood dripping from cuts would be realistic enough. Im sick of watching action movies that that don't involve blood. We are supposed to believe a kick to the face leaves no blood? Also, its a shame that this film got cut to a PG-13 rating. If we got an R rating we could have perhaps seen blood, maybe some cutting, a sex scene or two? But for some reason, this had to be cut to a PG-13 rating. Honestly, I don't understand toning a movie down. Most notably Prom Night for being a PG-13 slasher film. Thats no excuse, no reason a slasher movie should be cut back to PG-13. Though, I must say, Salt impressed me and left me hoping for a sequel. After all, its not too late to get Matt Damon in Salt 2.
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, and Chiwetel Ejiofor. Directed by: Phillip Noyce.