Salt: DVD Review
Salt
Rating: M
Released by Sony Home
Entertainment
Angelina Jolie stars as Evelyn Salt, a CIA agent whose life is turned upside
down one day when, on the eve of her wedding anniversary, a Russian defector
comes in from the cold and fingers her as a Russian sleeper agent.
It gets worse when Salt's accused of being the one who will kill the Russian
president in America, igniting fears of Day X (a feared day when America and her
allies will be attacked on all sides) coming true.
Mind you, Salt doesn't help herself by running - to try and clear her
name.
Salt is a thriller which doesn't thrill as
much as it could. It's fine in the action stakes and kudos need to be given to
those involved as the majority of the stunts are done without the use of
CGI...but it's the story which has hokum written all over it.
The main trio of actors involved- Liev Schreiber, Chijetel Ejiofor
and Jolie acquit themselves fine - they're all very dour and G man in various
ways - and the whole film does take itself rather seriously.
Jolie's ok when she's kicking some ass but she looks so slight that
it's a hard ask to be convinced that she'd be the one to better the bad guys (or
are they the good guys?).
Underwhelming - and
disappointing given this could be the first of the franchise.
Extras: Doco on Ange as action hero; a look at the
costumes and commentary with Philip Noyce, director.
Rating: 5/10
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