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For the past few years, we keep on seeing these action films with a slight science fiction dialogue to it. Salt is just another action film that I found almost identical to what some of the moments in the Bourne trilogy were like. It is also another example that tries to reach to that level but fails to do so. I did like the story of the film but the USA vs. Russia dialogue did seem a tad bit unrealistic to me. I realise it's just for entertainment but you always need a film that has a believable story for it to succeed. Think that was the only flaw that this film had.
Well, I think we were expecting from Angelina Jolie like we always expect from her: a very sexy young woman with a 'bad girl' seductive type of woman and we do see that but more of a Jason Bourne-like character. So I would say that she is like the female Jason Bourne. There was one thing that I didn't fully understand about Evelyn Salt's character was if she was really innocent, why was she still performing attacks and why was she still part of Russia when still claiming she is innocent? Another thing which was a bit weird was that she was with the CIA to start off with but 2 minutes later, she was a convict and fugitive. Don't get me wrong, she is a decent enough character but I think there are too many like her.
This is just like a Paul Greengrass kind of style direction with a convicted person on the loose. Directors Terry George, Michael Mann and Peter Berg came close to directing but I am glad none of them did because I think that the film would have been crap and ruin their careers and this wasn't one of those landmark action films. The script was mostly quite flat and silly but I think that is normal of a film like this.
Overall, Salt is a decent piece of entertainment that is nothing special. Just another action thriller for me and that's it. Good film but not one of the best of 2010.
7/10
