Salt 2010 - Chasing Salt

Evelyn Salt, is a CIA agent whom, during the questioning of a Russian spy in CIA headquarters, is accused of being a Russian "sleeper agent" or "mole." Now shes on the run from the government while trying to clear her name as well as find her husband. Thats the basic premise that we
e given from the films marketing campaign. Man, the films marketing campaign did a very awesome job. The plot from the trailers, which I just explained, was really interesting, and good enough to get a lot of people to go see the film. However, the genius part is whenever these people actually go and view the film- Salt delivers exactly what everyone expects from it... but in its first 20 to 30 minutes. The majority of the film, the 70 minutes after that, is what Salt is truly about.

The majority of the film is amazing simply because you never know whats going to happen. The parts about Evelyn Salt being framed as a Russian sleeper agent, on the run from the government, trying to clear her name and find her husband, are practically all thrown away after the first 20 to 30 minutes -- they
e no longer important. During the duration of the film, we continuously run into a multitude of plot twists, and each one leads the main character onto her next destination. All of these plot twists are amazing and shocking in the right way; they
e not badly thought-out twists. Each twist makes us ask a new question, most of which are never really answered by the end of the film.

The action sequences in Salt are also smart and well done. The film isn a typical action film -- its more interesting and more fascinating. The writers for Salt have written and co-written many, many action films before (The Bourne Supremacy and Man on Fire). However, the only one Ive actually seen from one of the writers is Law Abiding Citizen, written by Salt co-writer Kurt Wimmer.

Like Law Abiding Citizen, Salt kept me on the edge of my seat the entire time. Both films are fast-paced and nail-biters, and both change up the action genre. The most important thing that Law Abiding Citizen and Salt both have in common is the fact that both of the films plots are ridiculous and unbelievable, Law Abiding Citizen more than Salt. However, an action movie, or any movie for that matter, doesn have to be realistic to be really good. Salt has amazing action sequences that seem outrageous and unbelievable, which doesn take away from the film at all.

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