Reviewed By Masooma M Lotia

After a very long time, there is a proper popcorn movie that can actually thrill adults. Salt feels old-fashioned in all the right ways, from its Cold War paranoia to a refreshing lack of technology; anchored by a fierce performance from Angelina Jolie and running at a swift 100 minutes.

Salt is definitely a gift a for action lovers all around the world. Remember those hardcore action movies in the past when there were no tech toys & only real looking action. Salt has non-stop hard hitting 100 minutes action & that has been done masterfully. Salt is like James Bond movies where you are just too involved in the action to notice any loopholes.

Originally the main lead star’s role was written for a male star with Tom Cruise in mind. When Tom Cruise turned it down as it was too similar to his role in Mission Impossible series, the masterminds behind the script molded it around Angelina Jolie’s character.

The story revolves around the CIA agent Evelyn Salt (Jolie), accused of being a Russian mole, must go on the run in order to prove her innocence and learn her true identity. She flees not just because her hard-nosed superior Peabody (Chiwetel Ejiofor) doesn’t believe her and her fellow spy pal Winter (Liev Schreiber) can’t convince him otherwise, but she fears for the safety of her gentle German-born husband (August Diehl), an arachnologist who was once tough enough to bust Salt out of a North Korean prison, but apparently doesn’t have what it takes to stand up against the CIA. Or the KGB. Or both.

 
As the movie goes on, we learn more and more about who Salt really is. The question is whether or not she can prove her innocence before being captured. Salt the movie is refreshing in its old-school familiarity, but Salt the character is remarkable and new. It’s a powerful combination that makes for some pretty ideal entertainment.