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Salt

2010
Suspense/Thriller
Action
1h 40m
After she's accused of being a Russian sleeper spy, rogue CIA agent Evelyn Salt (Angelina Jolie) goes on the run, using every tactic, accent and disguise she knows to elude her pursuers, clear her name and protect her husband. Her supervisor, Winter (Liev Schreiber), buys her story, while counterintelligence officer Peabody (Chiwetel Ejiofor) decidedly does not and will do anything to stop her in this fast-paced, intrigue-filled spy adventure.
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Salt

2010
Suspense/Thriller
Action
1h 40m
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Rated 02 Dec 2014
39
19th
Much like the annual Manure Munching Marathon event in my town, I was disappointed at the incredible amount of bullshit this movie expected me to swallow.
Rated 25 Sep 2010
60
62nd
Salt is a film that is almost entirely action based. As action-packed and entertaining as Salt is, it's fairly forgettable after it ends. It won't stay with you, as the characters give you practically no reason to care about them. It's basically just a film to watch to give you some cheap thrills in the moment, and is also one you'll forget about a few minutes later. It isn't bad, just not all that impressive, and not memorable in the least.
Rated 28 Jul 2010
20
15th
This movie made me feel like I un-learned my degree. It gives the audience absolutely no credit by telling a story that fundamentally does not make any sense. The characters are unlikable, relationships and motives are unbelievable; many characters are seemingly added only to tie up loose ends and offer no value to the overall story. Save your money on this and go see Inception again.
Rated 25 Jul 2010
2
15th
Yeah it's fucking stupid, predictable/cliched, and arguably misogynistic in how it exploits Jolie's sex appeal (tied down half naked, stripping off her panties to cover a security camera). But then you have to ask yourself how seriously you want to judge a film where a cop is tasered literally thirty or so times into reflexively flooring his cruiser through and around a police barricade. Utterly mindless garbage.
Rated 04 Jun 2012
58
14th
Gets progressively more boring as it gets more ridiculous.
Rated 06 Aug 2010
38
13th
I'm fucking tired of american bullshit about bad russians e nice americans since 70' and Bond's movies about the Cold War... But in the Uncle Sam's Land the ever want more and more of this. Okay, nice action scenes, so? That's not a big deal. Just another stupid and cliche ode to the american way of life and all this shit than it's not funny anymore.
Rated 30 Aug 2010
54
33rd
Salt is basically a Jason Bourne film mashed together with the bizarre over-paranoia of Red Dawn, especially when you consider the cold war is over. Even so Salt offers some limited entertainment for someone that still finds enjoyment in twists they couldn't see because they're outright ludicrous. But hey, at least Chiwetel Ejiofor is getting in some blockbusters.
Rated 04 Oct 2010
40
25th
Angelina Jolie attempting to pull a Jason Bourne manouver in a film that suffers from a ridiculous background story and poor character development. The intensity of the first pursuit is superb but the latter scenes lack completely in that area.
Rated 26 Aug 2010
68
20th
On the brighter side, if you are watching this movie as another lame ass action movie then you are wrong. On the other hand, if you think this is an excellent film with some really clever twists, then you are wrong again. Salt is a film which tries to pretend to be something very very far away from a no-brainer but fails miserably due to lack of proper execution.
Rated 15 Sep 2010
50
33rd
Aims for Bourne but ends up as an abbreviated 24 storyline with less torture. Plot wise it's thin at best, invoking the usual "spy on the run"/"evil scheming ruskies" clichés, with only a few real surprises along the way. Jolie, for her part, does a great job as tough heroine, although her "blond hair = innocent/on the run - Black hair = superspy!" persona makeover was unintentionally funny.
Rated 10 Sep 2010
20
6th
The film actually sets out pretty well, but the incredibilities take over and several scenes become involuntarily funny ("... enrage nine million Muslims!"). Oh, and the use of the name Tarkovsky in a film like this is god damn blasphemy.
Rated 05 Aug 2010
5
20th
Ridicolous, full of countless twists and turns as it ceaselessly indulges in its character's predominance over others, one who's never faced with any kind of ominous challenge. Snore. Andre Braugher is completely wasted in this one.
Rated 21 Aug 2010
2
16th
Impressive, albeit ridiculous, stunts and Jolie is hot, but the double agent theme is never really fully explored, Andre Braugher is completely wasted (does he even have a line?) and - worst of all - the narrative twists can be spotted a mile away. So all in all. Watchable. Just.
Rated 07 May 2011
45
47th
The plot kinda made me want to puke but still it is always nice to see Angelina Jolie in action.
Rated 28 Jul 2010
40
28th
I actually love the concept - a Russian version of America's Bourne - but I think the execution was off. I think twists were misplaced, and it spent time building up the sequel (which might not even happen) when it should have been trying to give a good conclusion. Jolie performs well, though.
Rated 10 Sep 2010
15
3rd
Pathetic action. Pathetic script. Never worked for me. Hilarious, though, that it doesn't hesitate to draw all the conflicts of the world into the plot, even when it's already way too far out. But seriously, it's probably the worst film I've seen with Liev Schreiber, and I've seen a couple (The Omen (remake) just to name one). Another 80 kr. thrown out the window for me. I should feel ashamed.
Rated 17 Aug 2010
30
23rd
"Salt" is a film that thinks it is much clever than it actually is. The "twists" are so obvious, so dull and presented so poorly. The fact the film relies entirely on these twists doesn't help it much. Jolie performs well and is hot, but that doesn't help much either.
Rated 20 Mar 2011
53
16th
Even going into this expecting a silly action flick didn't prepare me for the preposterous plot. Jolie is fine as an action lead, but everything around her is very stupid. Every time you think you have figured out the plot twists down the line...you actually have. Nothing special here.
Rated 20 Jul 2013
7
8th
There's a weird shift in tone - it starts as a promising thriller but then gets sillier until we've got a superspy flick where the heroine stops Ruskies destroying America. Jolie is badly miscast for the promising thriller first part of the movie (her face is just too beautifully sculpted to take seriously in a serious film) but perfectly cast for the silly superspy thing - Tombraider already proved she can do "Hot crazy psycho bitch" really well. It's best viewed as "Tombraider with Spies".
Rated 02 Oct 2010
60
33rd
Salt is amazingly preposterous and amazingly fun.
Rated 19 Aug 2010
17
2nd
I am starting to believe that Angelina Jolie is a curse on movies. I haven't seen anything she was in that I liked. Also, first she was in Tomb Raider, a blatant clone of Indiana Jones, and now this, an obvious duplicate of the Bourne films... Rip-off merchant? Anyway, boring, stupid, depressingly laughable film that me and everybody I saw it with disliked. I had low expectations and still came away disappointed.
Rated 02 May 2014
15
9th
Super sultry Angelina Jolie is perfect for this role but otherwise this movie fails miserably. It's a laughably bad plot so they should have gone tongue-in-cheek instead of drop dead serious which just makes the whole thing ridiculous...
Rated 13 Dec 2010
4
34th
Was having a good time with this for roughly 40 minutes but eventually the twisty story unravels into one hell of a mess. The whole husband thing annoyed me.
Rated 21 Jan 2011
54
19th
Totally weightless. Jolie simply doesn't have the physicality to be Bourne, just as Noyce doesn't have the intelligence to be Paul Greengrass. This movie exists solely to provide a familiarity with the character so they can quickly get into franchise mode with inevitable sequels and make some real money. This one really isn't even trying; we get the whole conspiracy laid preposterously bare immediately, and the allegedly transformative romance glossed over in a couple weak minutes of flashback.
Rated 28 Jul 2010
49
15th
Salt is so bloody ridiculous, so insanely dumb, it makes Michael Bay films look like masterpieces; resulting into a cliched ride down the most frustratingly predictable path, with humdrum action pieces that come together as an incoherent mess. Colossal disaster.
Rated 24 Apr 2011
60
36th
It's like watching the Bourne movies with a woman as the lead and a non-shaky cam for the action scenes. It's not great, but it's not awful either. It gets a little twisty towards the end, which would be fine except I preferred the pre-twist plot. The action scenes are pretty cool so it's not too bad in that sense. Plus, it's nice to see a female led action film, as it can be pretty rare. Not really as bad as everyone seems to be saying.
Rated 16 Nov 2010
60
30th
Yeah ok so this has more bogus twists than you can shake a stick at but Jolie is likable in this type of totally bullshit role. It takes the concept of Manchurian Candidate and combines it with Jason Bourne. The action is alright as long as you don't think too hard about it. There's some moments where you just have to laugh at the cartoon like action. The kickass action femme is a bit overdone now in 2010. No one believes model thin Jolie could take a punch or knockout any guy.
Rated 27 Aug 2010
55
16th
Middle Eastern terrorists, evil Asians (preferably North Korea and China), Latin American outlaws, Russian Mafia, intelligence agencies with moles, conspirators, spys, vicious robots, aliens, huge creatures mainly devoted themselves to destroy New York, viruses, zombies and many others... God, sometimes I just can't believe how many enemies America does have. Now Russian Spys, again. Someone should have said writer that US agenda turned towards Middle East. You're a little bit late buddy.
Rated 28 Jan 2011
40
29th
Jolie is good, but "Salt" borrows most of its ideas from other films. Watching the fight sequences is like watching a patchwork quilt of various action moments from a variety of recent action flicks. Where this film really stumbles is in plot & intelligence. Every time a twist comes it's been hinted at long before it finally arrives with some clues as subtle as a kick to the ballsack! Even worse is how implausibly stupid this movie depicts clandestine international relations. Fun, but dumb.
Rated 30 Jun 2012
68
55th
It is better than it should be, but I'd credit Liev with making it worthwhile.
Rated 19 Nov 2012
34
4th
Utterly utterly preposterous. An attempt for Bourne style action which falls well well short and has the most monstrously ridiculous plot. Jolie does well enough at what she's asked to do but this film is pure gash.
Rated 30 Aug 2010
40
24th
Jolie is just too skinny to be believable as a "one woman army", the ludicrous script overcomplicates a very simple story and the rest of the cast is pretty much wasted. The pacing is ok despite the horrible script and some of the stunts and action moments look good.
Rated 26 Mar 2011
29
8th
"I am not a spy". Angelina Jolie looked terrible as a blonde. Just not a very good movie. Also not a fan of a movie where the President of the United States of America get shot by a dumb ass russian spy.
Rated 17 Dec 2010
40
15th
And the most preposterous film of the year goes to Salt.
Rated 08 Jun 2011
47
21st
The cast, direction, stunts, and score are all pretty good. Because of this, Salt holds your attention well and manages to entertain. Unfortunately, the story is kinda nonsensical, which really brings down the film. In all, it's kinda like a weaker version of the Bourne movies.
Rated 05 Aug 2011
25
9th
Pathetic. The action by itself is far from good enough to carry this prejudiced cold war throwback and the plot is nonsensical and hard to care about. Angelina is.. as good as in Tomb Raider, for what that's worth. Final verdict: worse than GoldenEye and at least 15 years too late.
Rated 30 Mar 2013
18
9th
Quite spectacular, fast-paced, absorbing action sequences, but no real interest in character.
Rated 17 Aug 2010
69
49th
pure action, highly overdosed...
Rated 04 Aug 2010
75
38th
Perfectly adequate.
Rated 03 May 2015
50
10th
Wimmer seems to think that keeping his protagonist's motives completely unclear for the majority of the movie will create intrigue and tension, but I just found it irritating and confusing. (She did all that for August Diehl? OK...) There's also a funny juxtaposition between the (well-directed) Bourne-esque action sequences and Jolie's scrawny frame and ungainly physical presence. All that carnage caused by an awkward waif who looks like a 12-year-old boy when she runs. I couldn't help but laugh
Rated 02 Jul 2011
53
25th
Potential enough for being a great film, but I felt massively annoyed by some bad choices. Result: mediocre Hollywood production that couldn't make me feel any better having watched this one.
Rated 15 Aug 2010
78
66th
what we have here is a poorly written, but well executed action flick--heavy on the action. if you plan on leaving your brain in the car while watching this movie, then you'll quite enjoy it, if not then dont bother.
Rated 18 Mar 2013
73
28th
While it does feature some neat stunts and action sequences (in the first half), Salt is ostensibly a vehicle for Angelina Jolie to go running around, beating up men and shooting some guns while looking smolderingly sexy in a very premeditated way. On that level, it succeeds, but beyond the cheap thrills Salt is nothing more than your average generic spy thriller, with a hokey plot that seems to rip off many other films, and also a predictably silly ending. Noyce can do better than this.
Rated 19 Aug 2010
23
0th
what a waste of money, I spent most of the time worrying about how much popcorn I had left... come to think about it, I should have just bought a couple more buckets instead
Rated 16 Mar 2015
30
12th
The career of the screenwriter of this absurd spy film stands as proof, were it needed, that ludicrousness is rewarded in Hollywood. Jolie is once again typecast as a superheroine with magical powers, which seems to be popular with audiences though rarely convincing to this viewer. Towards the end one character is revealed as having the name Tarkovsky: it is such a shame that the filmmaker did not live long enough to enjoy the bestowing of this honour.
Rated 16 Dec 2017
30
17th
Presumably, the story of Veruca Salt's much more athletic sister--and every bit as grounded in reality. Nothing is remotely plausible, especially the chase scenes. Ejiofor manages some egregious overacting, even when his lines consist of nothing but "There she is!" Liev Schreiber is smoking hot, though--this thing as almost worth watching for him alone.
Rated 12 Aug 2010
46
24th
Mistake - When Salt returns to her apartment, near the beginning, being chased by her team members, she climbs on the ledge without her shoes. When she climbs back onto the ground and runs away in the next scene, she is wearing boots.
Rated 21 Aug 2013
50
21st
Distinctly, crushingly average.
Rated 05 May 2013
16
1st
Appallingly stupid and ridiculous actioner, filled with CGI stunts and Jolie unbelievable as an invincible super-spy.
Rated 31 Dec 2010
60
50th
One of the better action films I've seen in a while. Nice stunts. Cool, somewhat wasted, cast. Jolie does what she sets out to do: look hot, kick ass and chew bubble gum ... only she's all out of bubble gum (and a decent story).
Rated 05 Oct 2010
66
25th
Too stupid to be realistic. Too realistic to be stupid.
Rated 13 Jan 2011
10
6th
What a awful movie and the ending was the worst.
Rated 21 Sep 2013
71
68th
Woman Bourne with some cold war nostalgia.
Rated 10 Jun 2012
91
91st
My endearing love for Angelina Jolie definitely clouds my judgment about how good this movie is. I enjoyed her entirely, thus the high score for a movie that clearly does not deserve as much praise. There was also just enough mystery and intrigue to keep it going strong. Perhaps one day, I'll watch it again and update my score.
Rated 18 Aug 2010
60
57th
Jolie as a russian Jason Bourne. High paced action and stunts. Storywise it gets out of hand in the end, but otherwise quite enjoyable.
Rated 29 May 2012
4
3rd
Angelina Jolie blows things up! Angelina Jolie jumps around on trucks!
Rated 10 Jun 2013
70
26th
A little ridiculous, but often surprisingly good fun.
Rated 09 Jul 2017
65
65th
Fast-paced entertainment with a story too stupid for its own good. Jolie is on fine form and the score is great.
Rated 02 Aug 2013
75
8th
Too much to ask from her.
Rated 26 May 2013
40
25th
Crap
Rated 19 Nov 2010
50
10th
Angelina Jolie looks hilarious when she runs.
Rated 26 Jul 2015
82
34th
3-4
Rated 01 Jan 2016
60
32nd
Goes too long without a character to cheer for and remains uncomfortably ambiguous even at the end, squandering the chance to really utilize what could have been an excellent protagonist.
Rated 03 Nov 2023
6
53rd
I enjoy both Jolie and Schreiber, and I think it's because they both have expressive eyes. They don't have to tell you what they're feeling, you can just see it. So this film wasn't bad, at least not for me.
Rated 14 Aug 2011
33
29th
Too predictable and completely forgettable.
Rated 20 Sep 2010
61
22nd
Standard, unimaginative hollywood film.
Rated 06 Oct 2010
74
83rd
Angelina... goddess!
Rated 06 Mar 2011
30
8th
This was even worse than i thought
Rated 08 Mar 2011
76
67th
Good watch! Angelina is and always will be a great actress .
Rated 23 Apr 2011
50
17th
Well, that was rather stupid. It's hard to articulate a great deal about this movie with such a lack of memorable aspects. The story is about 25 years dated, none of the action scenes are interesting, and while the movie intends to be clever by keeping you in the dark, everything's fairly obvious by around the half-hour mark. Utterly forgettable.
Rated 04 Sep 2011
54
11th
One long chase scene.
Rated 15 Nov 2010
60
62nd
another generic action thriller with tons of twists, but i like the concept of a female jason bourne and i'm looking forward to the sequels
Rated 05 Feb 2011
1
3rd
Angelina is a horrendous action figure. The story is dumb. The narrative worse. Why did Liev Schreiber join? Oh... money. yeah.
Rated 05 Mar 2011
75
41st
2 its credit, the increasingly hypberbolic script makes the heroine work 4 every victory: no sleeping bad guys/lucky breaks here. The problem is that, in order 2 maintain its breakneck momentum, the challenges & her paralleling abilities 2 cope w/ them, become progressively more implausible, until she's flinging herself down elevator shafts like Spiderman. Likewise, the twig-like Jolie might've bothered 2 bulk up a little (better yet, a lot) 2 lend slight credibility 2 all her hand-2-hand combat
Rated 09 Aug 2010
69
22nd
I agree with everything I'm reading from everyone else, here...
Rated 25 Aug 2010
45
28th
Not the best of Angelina. Here's why: http://zoopy.com/q/4xsb
Rated 21 May 2011
3
31st
Mostly adheres to the 'turn off your brain' type of movie that I can't stand. That term alone just bugs the crap out of me. I can't say it's anywhere near the worst of this type, though.
Rated 18 Jan 2015
5
3rd
even though i slept very well
Rated 26 Dec 2010
79
58th
Blatantly silly but engaging action film, with enough exciting action sequences (including a breath-taking freeway chase) to forgive any shortcomings in logic and characterisations. Jolie's considerable star charisma, and Noyce's proven film-making chops, help smooth over occasional lulls and help deliver an exciting 'pure thriller'. Schreiber and Ejiofor are also typically fine in support, but I wish a better known and more charismatic actor than Hunt Block had played the U.S. President.
Rated 06 Jul 2012
70
68th
Been done before. Why? Because it works. Inventive tagline, too.
Rated 03 Sep 2010
45
11th
Just plain stupid.
Rated 01 Oct 2010
84
22nd
nice
Rated 20 May 2011
55
23rd
It's certainly got enough suspense to keep you in the moment, but in retrospect it's too absurd to be played straight like it is. After the first 40 minutes it starts getting annoying, and the twists just keep piling on up to the climax. It also seems that Hollywood writers still can't wrap their heads around that fact that the cold war is over.
Rated 25 Jan 2011
67
31st
Pleasingly preposterous genre picture that feels like some deliciously paranoid Cold War era Russophobe's fever dream combined with a 90s Harrison Ford thriller, but with Angie in drag substituting for Harrison. Fun and unpretentious with capable performances from Angie, Liev Schreiber and Chiwetel Ejiofor, but Evelyn Salt is not quite the Jason Bourne the people behind this film were obviously hoping for her to be, but not for a lack of talent on Jolie's part, as she makes a great action hero.
Rated 18 Aug 2010
60
41st
Disappointed. It looked awesome in the trailer and the poster is cool, but the film itself is just not that engaging. Some cool action-sequences tho, and an utterly fantastic death-by-strangulation scene.
Rated 31 Dec 2010
70
17th
I smiled throughout a lot of this movie, even when I was thinking, "This is so stupid." Which was most of the time.
Rated 31 Aug 2010
80
79th
at the end ... Hollywood always wins ;)
Rated 01 Jun 2012
22
6th
Skrale saker. Klarer ikke å engasjere.
Rated 24 Aug 2010
72
32nd
Exciting action and largely an entertaining ride with solid twists. Nothing mindblowing or especially impressive but it gets the job done.
Rated 03 Jun 2013
80
77th
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Rated 20 Feb 2011
63
34th
Pretty standard action thriller with a female lead. Nothing eye grabbing but there is some decent action mixed into the mediocrity.
Rated 25 Aug 2010
75
21st
Spy-thriller-action flick which was surprisingly entertaining. Imagine it as a post-cold-war spy movie, in which russians fight americans, or the other way around. A bit predictable, but enjoyable nevertheless. Screams for a position as the new Bourne Trilogy.
Rated 27 Jul 2010
60
28th
Pretty good story interspersed with abject absurdities.
Rated 06 Oct 2010
58
43rd
Cons: gaping plot holes, weak characterisation (bar the title character) and a lack of dramatic tension due to a predictable premise (poorly executed 'what side is she on' dynamic). The one redeeming factor is Angelina who seamlessly resourceful, dangerously subtle and fearless. Not a great movie but a better-than-average popcorn film.
Rated 30 Aug 2015
100
91st
Salt is Angelina Jolie's character's last name; the Russians aren't trying to kill us all off by driving up our sodium intake - this is a very old school spy drama. In fact, with its whip-fast changes in directions - even the main character often seems to not be certain what side she is on - it almost seems like a Manchurian Candidate for the Call of Duty generation.
Rated 20 Aug 2010
29
21st
The entire movie was flat and cliché. Cold war theme was badly aged. None of actors shine or give any reason to care about their characters.
Rated 06 Apr 2022
35
13th
It's like they were trying to cover all the spy tropes that exist.
Rated 21 Dec 2010
37
15th
It's pretty entertaining when you forget that it tries to have a plot.
Rated 18 Aug 2010
64
21st
Pretty cool, too many plot twists.
Rated 31 Dec 2010
28
29th
Forudsigelig, kedelig og ligner mere en gennemsnitlig 80'er koldkrigsproduktion end end moderne action-thrilller. Der går sikkert noget bedre på tv2-film...

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