Movies - Salt

Title: Salt

Distributor: Columbia
Made by: Relativity
People in it you might know:
Angelina Jolie - If you don't know her your possibly blind, deaf, and definitely not a potential adopted child
Liev Schrieber - He was in stuff, you'd know him if you see him. I think he was Sabertooth
The Review
Short Version: A decent action flick that has a pretty obvious twist but still gives it a go at keeping you confused on the hero's motives till the end. Good if you need a dose of face punching and stuff blowing up.

Long Version:
Is it me or does it seem like ever since the Bourne series of films action movies have been taking the route of making their action sequences pseudo believable. I mean the obsession with close up steady cam shots, lots of sloppy but brutal combat, and most obvious, parkour. The idea of pretty much running everywhere, even up walls and jumping way freaking high is definitely appealing. From a chubby nerds point of view it gains a few extra points. Salt is one of these new action movies. Rarely do you ever leave the side of Angelina's character Salt, and while it definitely builds a connection with the character, I often felt that the movie lacked any sort of global urgency. She is supposed to be this pretty bad ass world threatening spy but until the last 15 minutes i really didn't feel like any of the stuff she was trying to stop could not be solved with a good ol' "calm the hell down" by either involved world leaders. That being said, the movie moves along at a good pace for an action film and doesn't overstay its welcome. It sets itself up for a potential franchise option like all movies of this sort do, but that's to be expected so if cut off endings disappoint you, well, um, prepare to be disappointed. Stuff blows up, people die, don't die, get hurt, get better, and more stuff blows up. So, there you go, action movie. You know and you get what you pay for, thankfully its worth paying for, if for only the basics.