I really enjoyed this film.

Rating: 8/10 (25 July 2013)

SALT
Well... I was not expecting this to be that good.
The movie is about a CIA agent who interrogates a suspected terrorist... but when the terrorist says there is a spy amongst the CIA and he names her... she goes on the run to try and clear her name.
It is an action thriller and it delivers on both subjects. There is plenty of action, but not all of it was great. Yes it was entertaining but during some of the action sequences, it just felt too unrealistic. I know it is a movie and I know that it is not supposed to be real... but at points where you could see that the main character would not survive, it ruined it a little bit. Also, there was a scene where there was a huge car chase and a car crashes off of a bridge... someone climbs out of the car, undoes handcuffs and casually walks away without any of the 40 strong crowd even looking at her, let alone stop her.
But the surprise factor was there... and it was done very well. I tried to predict what was going to happen... and I failed. It is a great film for keeping you guessing. There was only one part of the movie that I guessed correctly, and even that I was not sure about.
The casting was brilliant... I can't fault anyone for their performances. Anjelina Jolie is the main character. I don't mind her, but I don't see her as the best actress in Hollywood like a lot of people do. She has made some fantastic movies though... and this in my opinion is one of her best. But I have to say I think the performance of the movie has to go to Liev Schreiber. This is by far the best performance he has done yet that I have seen. I mainly know him from the Scream movies which I love, and I have seen him in other things too... but he did a fantastic job in Salt.
The main thing I was disappointed with was the ending... I was comfortable watching this movie and really enjoying it... but it felt like it was unfinished. Honestly, the action was about to carry on, then the credits started to role. I was so confused and gutted. Thankfully, there are rumours of a Salt 2 on the way... hopefully they will finish the story this time.
All in all I loved this film. Yes there were things I was not too impressed with, but I was hooked from the beginning.
I will give this film 8 out of 10.
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