Another summer action film, and since it was the only thing opening this weekend, it was what I saw.Angelina Jolie is back as an action heroine, this time playing CIA agent Evelyn Salt. Salt is accused of being a Russian spy, and flees in an attempt to protect her husband and clear her name, but this all too predictable action film, the audience is left guessing as to where her loyalties lie. This is your classic summer blockbuster spy action film. It's filled with a ridiculously predictable and ridiculously cliche plot, lots of car chases, gun fights, deaths, and of course, Jolie being some enjoyable eye-candy. Jolie makes the movie watchable - had the lead been a man it would have been quite a different movie. Jolie has proven she can play the lead in an action film, and even with the absurdity of the film she makes it worth the ride.
You get what you pay for. It's a summer action film. Sit back, turn off your brain, and enjoy the action. It won't win any awards, but it'll make money. Some films are classics, others are just fun. This one falls quite heavily in the later.
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