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| − | Phillip Noyce's [http://www.signal9.com/salt-2010 Salt] asks a handful of queries. What if the Cold War isn't actually over? What if the Russians have a complete bunch of sleeper agents poised to strike at the heart of The us? What would Angelina Jolie appear like if she had bleached blonde hair? Each and every of these inquiries are answered with equal amounts of depth. No, this isn't a biting dissection of America's latent Red Dread. The whole 'Rise of the Soviet Union' plot line is a means to an conclusion, and that end is viewing Angelina Jolie beat men and women up. For that reason, mission achieved.
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| − | Jolie stars as Evelyn Salt, a CIA agent with a loving husband (August Diehl) and, as formerly pointed out, an outstanding bouquet of blonde locks. Her carefree daily life is turned upside down the day a Russian defector by the name of Orlov (Daniel Olbrychski) walks into CIA HQ and accuses her of staying a Soviet agent in disguise. Her colleague Ted (Liev Schreiber) doesn't purchase it, but a Counter-Intelligence agent (Chiwetel Ejifor) wishes to subject matter her to some questioning. Salt doesn't experience like becoming questioned, and swiftly escapes. Is she genuinely a sleeper agent on route to assassinate the President, or only an innocent lady fighting to apparent her identify? Even though the solution would firmly drop into "spoiler" territory, I can reveal that she conducts an awful whole lot of deal with-kicking in the process.
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| − | Angelina Jolie hardly wants to remind us of her action chops, but Salt is a welcome return to type for an actress who has been floundering in melodramas for far as well long. She's a gifted actress sadly overshadowed by her immense fame, impossibly handsome husband and racially varied brood of bubs. Her alternative of autos on a regular basis disappoints both critics and audiences alike (even if her performances generally impress). The only time she truly shines is when she's punching below her fat in silly action movies. I'm positive I would really feel in a different way if her alternative of significant roles weren't so … dull if her non-occasion movie roles weren't so … uneventful. In the meantime, Salt offers us unadulterated Jolie, and for that we can only be thankful.
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| − | That currently being mentioned, this is this sort of a silly movie. Really, really foolish. Not as foolish as her prior actioner Needed (the 1 with a magical, long term-seeing, assassination-assigning loom). Even now, it's foolish. This is the price of obtaining amazing action sequences from time to time you require to surrender your perception of logic, gravity, global relations and one's capability to sustain bodily harm. The film's variety of homemade weapons are even additional resourceful than people in the Bourne sequence (this film's kindred spirit). Highlights consist of a shoe-knife, a spider-poison stuffed syringe, and most impressively, a chair-leg rocket-launcher.
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| − | Noyce is no stranger to the planet of international intrigue, getting formerly helmed Distinct and Present Danger, Patriot Games and The Tranquil American. Of program, he's hardly dealing with the lofty themes of the latter film right here. He proves himself to be a far more-than qualified action director (if probably a character-cost-free 1). What's most amazing about Salt (aside from Jolie's committed performance) is the film's relentless tempo. I can't keep in mind the previous action film so devoted to currently being all action, all the time. Frankly, it's a tiny exhausting.
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| − | So what retains these kinds of an action-large flick like [http://www.signal9.com/salt-2010 Salt] from matching the heights of the Bourne saga? Effectively, the silliness for 1. Even even though the actors are game (Schreiber and Ejifor provide, as per common) they can't really conquer the South Park-esque depiction of Russian/American relations. Also, the large twists aren't really as twisted (or astonishing) as you would hope. Salt is a lot more than a mere distraction it's an over -normal action film with a efficiency from Jolie that only affirms her superstar-standing. Here's hoping she can 1 day locate a film that sits somewhere in between dumb action and overwrought drama. Then she can truly strut her stuff.
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