Who is Salt?Salt (2010) is an action thriller movie starring Angelina Jolie as CIA agent Evelyn Salt.
Here's a good synopsis written by Sony Pictures: As a CIA officer, Evelyn Salt swore an oath to duty, honor and country. Her loyalty will be tested when a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy. Salt goes on the run, using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative to elude capture. Salt's efforts to prove her innocence only serve to cast doubt on her motives, as the hunt to uncover the truth behind her identity continues and the question remains: "Who is Salt?"
Liev Schreiber is Ted Winter, Salt's colleague. Schreiber is Victor Creed/Sabretooth, Wolverine's brother in X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) & Zus Bielski in Defiance (2008).
Overall, this is an adrenaline-pumping action thriller with Angelina Jolie kicking bad asses wherever she goes and performing almost all of her own stunts. However, its storyline is not super-exciting or entirely new -- Russian moles in the CIA of America, assassination plots of presidents, nuclear war prospects, etc. Sounds familiar, right? In fact, I feel like I'm watching Mission Impossible or James Bond or Jason Bourne movies with a female protagonist. :D
However, I'm not overly disappointed because Angelina Jolie is still giving her top-notched performance as a female action star. On top of that, the little twist at the end of the movie is quite unexpected and it sort of defies all predictable moments from the beginning of the movie.
Recommended to all action thriller fans and Angelina Jolie's supporters. :)
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