Salt (2010)

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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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Directed By: Phillip Noyce

Written By: Kurt Wimmer

Starring: Liev Schreiber, Angelina Jolie, Daniel Olbrychski, Andre Braugher, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Corey Stoll, Zoe Lister-Jones, Yara Shahidi, Victor Slezak, Gaius Charles, Cassidy Hinkle, Kevin O'Donnell

Genres: Suspense/Thriller, Action, Adventure, Mystery

Country: USA

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TCI | Percentile | Date Rated | # Stars (Reviews)

Stars	User	Rating
7	Barthalen	39 _19%
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.
5	foxie4	20 _15%
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.
5	Judge Holden	2 _15%
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.
4	FrederikA	50 _33%
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.
4	Bitch Alert	40 _25%
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.
4	suman.austin	68 _20%
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.
4	doctor7	54 _33%
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.
4	Matthew Parkinson (CineMarter)	60 _62%
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.
4	Quimbo	58 _14%
Gets progressively more boring as it gets more ridiculous.
4	Michael Dias	38 _13%
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.
3	Ray	30 _23%
"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.
3	KMcNeil	2 _16%
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.
3	AndreasThau	15 _3%
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.
3	frederic_g54	5 _21%
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.
3	mwgerb	40 _28%
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.
3	WWallce4prez	53 _16%
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.
3	Zozan	45 _47%
The plot kinda made me want to puke but still it is always nice to see Angelina Jolie in action.
3	Suldrup	20 _6%
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.
2	simplicio	54 _19%
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.
2	Paxton	68 _53%
It is better than it should be, but I'd credit Liev with making it worthwhile.
2	Cinema_Asia	60 _30%
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.
2	thehynes	34 _4%
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.
2	leekenn	17 _2%
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.
2	Tony Irwin	7 _8%
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".
2	Okkervil	40 _29%
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.
2	CCLZA	60 _33%
Salt is amazingly preposterous and amazingly fun.
2	SirStuckey	60 _36%
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.
2	omgfridge	4 _34%
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.
2	constantine	55 _16%
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.
2	LennyNero	40 _24%
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.
2	m3tan	15 _9%
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...
2	mitealc	49 _15%
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.
1	entrapmen	69 _49%
pure action, highly overdosed...
1	ChrisReynold	16 _1%
Appallingly stupid and ridiculous actioner, filled with CGI stunts and Jolie unbelievable as an invincible super-spy.
1	djross	30 _13%
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.
1	fra paolo	17 _8%
Quite spectacular, fast-paced, absorbing action sequences, but no real interest in character.
1	mlightle3	75 _38%
Perfectly adequate.
1	jnsoneji	75 _8%
Too much to ask from her.
1	angrypierre	50 _20%
Distinctly, crushingly average.
1	eCitizen	91 _90%
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.
1	witzelsucht	4 _4%
Angelina Jolie blows things up! Angelina Jolie jumps around on trucks!
1	astrakhan	73 _28%
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.
1	closedmouth	50 _10%
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
1	td888	60 _58%
Jolie as a russian Jason Bourne. High paced action and stunts. Storywise it gets out of hand in the end, but otherwise quite enjoyable.
1	steviebear	23 _0%
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
1	emtilt	47 _23%
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.
1	Wezzo	70 _26%
A little ridiculous, but often surprisingly good fun.
1	KasperL	60 _50%
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).
1	eunmac	66 _25%
Too stupid to be realistic. Too realistic to be stupid.
1	Mistakes	46 _24%
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.
1	AndersQQ	40 _25%
Crap
1	scurry	25 _9%
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.
1	Wiche	53 _25%
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.
1	Luna6ix	78 _66%
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.
1	filmfreak88	40 _15%
And the most preposterous film of the year goes to Salt.
1	Timon88	30 _18%
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.
1	dst7175	10 _6%
What a awful movie and the ending was the worst.
1	Ofterdingen	65 _65%
Fast-paced entertainment with a story too stupid for its own good. Jolie is on fine form and the score is great.
1	muzak66	29 _8%
"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.
1	sawe	71 _68%
Woman Bourne with some cold war nostalgia.

Average Percentile 33.29% from 4429 Ratings