fast paced "popcorn" action film

Rating: 7/10 (23 September 2010)

Firstly this film is being rated as an action film as it was intended to be. Yes an ACTION film. It does not contain the answers to life, oddly!
Salt has style. Angelina Jolie + Phillip Noyce (director of "Dead Calm")= a entertaining night out. Was it original? Well more so than "the Departed" (actually a remake of infernal affairs and yet look at the praise for originality). Was it predictable? Yes. So to ,however, was "Shutter Island" and yet look at some of the comments made in reference to the plot, particularly the ending;still an OK movie by the way. Did it contain stereotypes? Of course it did ,it's about a Russian spy! vs the world ,which was made evident by the trailer/marketing campaign. Did I mention it's an action film starring Angelina Jolie, "Who is Salt" etc. Was the plot believable? Anybody seen the news of late, (i.e the x amount of Russian sleeper spy's deported back to Russia, whom have been living undetected in the USA since the cold war. Many of which had/have husbands, wives, children and jobs etc.)and no this wasn't part of Sony's marketing campaign. So the general idea absolutely. One person taking out numerous armed assailants? Have I mentioned it's an action movie starring Angelina Jolie. Basically it did the job of propelling the film forward towards it's climax, kept good pace and gave us just enough back story to relate to its main protagonist (i.e Salt). The action was well shot, not "jerky" or to "zoomed in" as many have mentioned (please see an optometrist, seriously!). Consistently paced with good stunt work and satisfactory performances.
If you like films such as the "Bond" ,"bourne" and "Die Hard" franchises then you will surely enjoy "Salt". I genuinely believe the fact that it has a female lead has lead to a lot of negative reviews.Get over it people.Girls can kick-ass too.
This is my first review and having been a fan of IMDb for a few years now and wincing every time I read some absurd rant about a film. For example "Fern Gully " sorry I mean "Avatar"( what follows is an actual quote, I kid you not!) " Not since "Schindler's list" have I been so moved by a film". UNOBTAINIUM, hello! I thought is was about time I opened my mouth, figuratively speaking of course.