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Columbia Pictures, Relativity Media, Di Bonaventura Pictures

Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, hiwetel Ejiofor, Daniel Olbrychski, August Diehl, Daniel Pearce, Hunt Block, Andre Braugher

Evelyn Salt (Angelina Jolie) is a CIA agent and highly respected by all, including her boss, Ted Winter (Liev Schreiber). Out of nowhere, a Russian spy walks into the CIA office and claims that the President of Russia will be assassinated during his visit to the U.S. to attend a funeral of the recently deceased U.S. Vice President. He names the assassin as Evelyn Salt. Evelyn is concerned about the safety of her husband, who seems to be missing and she goes on the run. Ted does not believe she is a traitor or a double agent but the more she runs the more it raises doubts about her.

This DVD contains 3 versions, the original theatrical version, an unrated directors cut, and an unrated extended edition. I watched the extended edition. It certainly is a wild ride. Evelyn is unreadable. We learn a lot about her childhood, how her parents were killed in the USSR when she was a child and how she was raised to be a Russian plant and sent back to the US. After that’s its fuzzy. We’re not sure who she is or who she’s working for. It seems she’s working for everyone and nobody but herself at the same time. Angelina did a very good job as a spy, she was a good fit for the role. Liev Schreiber is also very good in his role. Salt is a bad ass. She’s harder to kill than James Bond. It’s a pretty good spy thriller and an adventure packed car crash frenzy that is spectacular, but you really have to pay attention to know what’s going on and to follow the twists and turns we make. It was a popular film, and reasonably so, but at the same time, some people may just get lost and not care about it. But if you like spy thrillers, and can pay attention to what’s going on, this is a really good film.

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