"Salt" is definitely a summer movie in that you will enjoy it more if you just let go. Don't think of how the plot's machinations are outlandish or implausible. A Russian defector is being interrogated by the CIA. He talks of a Russian plan to destroy the United States using sleeper agents trained (brainwashed?) since childhood. The act that will set this plan into high gear is the assassination of the president of Russia at the funeral of the U.S. Vice President. The CIA is disinclined to take the defector seriously until he reveals the name of the sleeper agent assigned to carry out the killing: CIA agent Evelyn Salt (Angelina Jolie), the agent conducting the interrogation. She denies the accuation. One of her colleagues (Liev Schreiber, who I find to be very attractive, for what it's worth -- so enjoy the photo) thinks she may be telling the truth, but another (Chiwetel Ejiofor) doesn't. Then stuff happens, and Salt has to escape in order to find a way to clear her name and stop the assassination...or so it would seem. It's fast-paced and looks good, and from what I've read there's not nearly as much usage of CGI effects to fake the action sequences. Again, don't think, just let go and have fun.
My grade: B.
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SALT was a hoot -- I didn't care about the logic holes, I just sat there and enjoyed the ride.
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