Salt

Up until now, most of Angelina Jolie’s action movies have been frivolous, to say the least. She’s been typecast as the sexy superhero, and it’s worked for her, if not for the discerning filmgoer. Salt is not so much a turnaround on this idea as it is an evolvement.

Angelina is a CIA agent with mad skills, which come in handy when she’s forced to go on the run from the CIA, FBI, Secret Service and the dreaded Russians, who seem to have framed her. Even when writing this I realise how ridiculous it sounds. One woman against an army? Yeah, right. Cleverly, though, veteran director Phillip Noyce makes us forget about the plot holes and suspend belief enough to be drawn in by the gripping action. Instead of wondering how Angelina’s skinny body can sustain one trauma after another you’ll find yourself awed by her wily escapes. This one will get the blood pumping.

Rating: 4 outta 5.