An Action Film from Start to Finish

Rating: 6/10 (26 February 2015)

This movie begins with a young woman named "Evelyn Salt" (Angelina Jolie) being held in a North Korean prison and protesting her innocence while she is being brutally interrogated for being an American spy. Not long afterward she is released in a prisoner swap. The movie then fast-forwards 2 years later and shows Evelyn happily married to the German national who helped gain her release named "Mike Krause" (August Diehl). We then learn that Evelyn was indeed a CIA agent and is currently working in Langley, Virginia. Unfortunately, things take a definite turn for the worse right after that. Now rather than reveal any more of this movie and risk spoiling it for those who haven't seen it I will just say that this was an action film from start to finish. It had a good plot and I liked the acting of Angelina Jolie. On the other hand, I must also admit that there were several scenes that were simply too far-fetched which ended up totally straining credibility. Likewise the ending was much too abrupt as well. That said I rate the movie as just slightly above average.