Salt(afterthoughts)

Not bad for a post-cold war, USA-VS-Russia plot. Even with my "faux"-expertise movie storylines and everythin', I was still a bit confused about the early years of Chankov(Angelina Jolie). There was a part there in the movie wherein an infant Chankov died through health complications. She was even buried because there was a shot of a tombstone with a wreath of flowers laid on it.

But then suddenly, the baby was alive and was with another set of parents who died in a car accident! Lucky for Chankov, she survived and was taken by the CIA(or some American secret service member) to the US, where she bacame Evelyn Salt. The thing was that where in the fuckin' depths of Mordor did the new, "alive" baby come from?!? That faux-defector Russian spy Vassily(he said "Vaseelich") should've narrated the story in the interrogation room a li'l more clearer.

Another unclear part of the movie was the part of the plot wherein SAlt has to run away from the CIA just to prove her worth to the Russians or somethin'. I mean, what if she gets killed with all the dangerous stunts that she's doin' while eluding the CIA and the feds? She could've just killed the Russian president while still bein' within the ranks of the CIA. But then again, that's how intricate the plot of this story is. Evelyn Salt is like Agent Sands(Johnny Depp in Once Upon A Time In Mexico). She's just playin' both sides I guess.

She's on the run towards the end part of the movie, which clearly shows that there will be a Salt Part 2. I think the new movie will be entitled, "Salt II, The Russians Strike Back".

As for the actors, they generally did pretty good.

Angelina Jolie did a lot of stuff that reminded me of The Matrix. the off-the-wal roundhouse kick conjured memories of Niobe(Jada Pinkett-Smith) during Reloaded(or was thet Revolutions, I can't remember). Doin' stunts on top of a truck on a freeway was like Morpheus doin' his thang. And Evelyn Salt on a big bike was definitely Trinity!

The other KGB mole looked familiar(Liev Schreiber). He was the one who played Sabretooth in the "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" movie. For me, he looks like he could be playin' Che Guevarra. His side burns are perfect! Unfortunately, no one could top Benicio Del Toro's performance as Ernesto.

Chiwetel Ejiofor was another team player. The English accent has already been neutralized, I guess ever since American Gangster. Or I guess he could really speak in both American, and English accents.

As for the other actors, they just didn't do enough to warrant my attention. Sorry because I was just drawn into the whole story. I say 8/10 for originality. Though the cold war plot never grows old. Original in that the story's kinda' fresh for me.




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