Starring Angelina Jolie and Liev Schreiber
The biggest news surrounding this movie was that Tom Cruise was offered the lead role and reportedly turned it down. Salt then goes on to debut at number 1 and people murmur that Cruise made the wrong move. Nope.
This movie has been made a dozen times over the last dozen years and the bulk of it's predecessors did a better job. This movie had elements of Face Off, The Bourne series and to a lesser extent, every James Bond ever. The problem is the pay off. None.
Jolie is fine and all but in the back of my mind through out the whole flick, I simply found myself wondering if she took this role just to prove that she could still get it done. After having 3 kids and adopting 3 others and doing what she does as a humanitarian and diplomat, I call into question the logic behind all the stunt work and glamor of such an endeavor. What if she got hurt making this nonsense? Would it be worth it for the sake of a run of the mill spy movie? Still nope.
The twists were what I like to call "mile away" moments and further to the point, unnecessary. Jolie runs like a girl and weighs about 95 lbs soaking wet and so the countless hand to hand battles seemed laughable. Super trained spy is one thing, but superwoman moves and strength??
My last hilarious note here were the disguises that she used. At a few points she simply puts on different hats!! And when she dyes her hair and wears different colored contacts, false teeth and a fake nose you are still left with her GIGANTIC LIPS. Any agent worth HIS salt (pun intended) could spot her in a crowd of thousands.
This one fails on almost every level for me and the full yet completely stoic crowd may be inclined to agree. The early success can be attributed to a nice campaign and good trailers, but rest assured these numbers will drop with word of mouth. Remember the opening weekend of the Wolverine movie? It did 88 million which is amazing, but the following weekend it did 9. You can fool some of the people some of the time...
Rating 1 1/2 grains out of 5
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