Jolie plays Evelyn Salt, an employee at an American petrol company, but wait--the whole petrol company is just a front for a operative branch of the CIA. Ya know, kinda like Kentucky Fried Chicken--come on, you really think those eleven secret herbs and spices are going into KFC chicken? At any rate, just as Evelyn is preparing to leave the office after a tiring day of espionage, in wonders a Russian defector spy. He's got some good info for our boys and girls wearing the red, white and blue; most important of which is that Evelyn is none other than a Russian spy herself. Plus, she's plotting an assassination against the vice-president. Insight, indeed. With that, all hell breaks loose and yadayadayada, step into the roller coaster. Just make sure you keep hands and feet inside the ride at all times and don't forget to scream like a little girl.
It's good. My expectations here were moderate to low on this one, but it delivers a 4.0 star score and even closes in on 4.5 stars because I might watch it again when it hits Blu-Ray. As one might expect, there's plenty of action and the acting is fine. Aside from Jolie, the cast includes Liev Schreiber of X-Men: Wolverine and Defiance fame; and Chiwetel Ejiofor, of 2012--whom I truly like, but whose acting, for some reason, always prompts me to want to send him a case of Ex-Lax. It's as if the director is constantly telling him, "Okay...this time, play it more constipated."
Ultimately, the story carries this flick, however. It more than a series of well-thought out explosions. There are plenty of twists and opportunities to begin to question what team for whom Salt is actually playing. Actually, you might find yourself flipping back and forth between Yankee and Russkie to the tune of needing a neck brace before the hundred minutes are up. If espionage and action with a good plot is your schtick...well, then see it BIG.
True...out!
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