'Salt'
By Lisa Miller 07/22/2010
SALT
Directed by Phillip Noyce and starring Angelina Jolie, Live Schreiber,
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Daniel Olbrychski, Andre Braugher and August Diehl
Charismatic Angelina Jolie holds together the thin plot of a film originally intended for Tom Cruise. The story, centered on a CIA agent accused of being a Russian spy, finds Jolie pulling of a series of amazing stunts while karate chopping the daylights out of her pursuers. This all happens because Evelyn Salt (Jolie) questions a Russian defector who fingers her as a double agent. To prove her innocence, Salt is obliged to go on the run, changing identities several times. Since the film is one long chase sequence, Phillip Noyce’s workmanlike direction is hard to overlook. Nevertheless, Jolie in tough-girl mode is sure to sell some popcorn.
(2.5 stars out of 4)
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