Review: Angelina Jolie Is a "Deadly Weapon" in Salt
Opens: Friday 7/23
Us Rating: ***
Angelina Jolie is one deadly weapon in this breathless political thriller about Evelyn Salt, a CIA agent who may have been planted by Russians to assassinate their own president -- and relaunch the Cold War.
PHOTO: Get lips like Angelina's in Salt
As directed by Phillip Noyce, Jolie's spy resembles the kind of impossible-to-kill heroes that Harrison Ford played more than a decade ago: She overcomes all her opponents despite being outnumbered, slaying one with a vodka bottle and strangling another with the chains that bind her wrists.
PHOTO: Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt at the Salt premiere
But Jolie (who speaks Russian in some scenes) also adds a feminine touch, wearing multiple wigs and covering up a surveillance camera with her black bikini panties. Sure, much of the action's unfeasible. But at least Salt kicks off her pumps before sprinting, proving that even this superwoman can't run in heels.
--THELMA ADAMS
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14Hey Rich,yes jen's career's not over,she still gets movies,movies that don't do well and at the box office.angie has a few good movies but most do good at the box office.at the end of the way that's what really matters.
EVERYBODY HAS THEIR OWN OPINION.PERIOD I THOUGHT THAT THE MOVIE WAS OKAY.3 STARS.
this is an article about Jolie not Aniston and the people I talked to who saw the movie Salt.. thought it was way overrated. On anther note Jens career is hardly over...
I'VE NEVER SAW ANY FILM WITH JENNIFER ANISTON PLAYING. JENNIFER ANISTON'S A ARTIFICIAL PERSON. HER CAREER'S OVER. ANGIE'S VERY TALENT, LOVELY AND BEAUTYFUL
I think her natural hair color is much lighter than the 'dramatic' color she likes it. Salt got only 1 star out of 4 in our newspaper this morning.
Saw Salt at the midnight showing this morning with my uncle , a great popcorn movie.
You know...I dont get her being cast in these types of roles. Yes, she is gorgeous, but is she really RIGHT for this? I dont buy her being able to kick butt, jump off buildings, etc. She is waif thin, has no muscle tone whatsoever and I just dont see her to have the strength to slam men into walls. It baffles.
5 Awesome Roles Intended For Men, But Cast As Women Angelina Jolie looks so femme fatale-tastic staring out from the poster for â??Salt,â?? with her black wig and heavily lined eyes, that itâ??s hard to imagine that the title role in the movie was actually written for a guy. But, yes, itâ??s trueâ??Evelyn Salt was originally scripted as Edwin Salt. And lame name aside, the role was intended for Tom Cruise. It was only when Cruise backed out that the movieâ??s makers rethought the part and decided to cast Angelina instead. A seriously good move.] Interestingly, this is not the first time a woman has played a role originally envisioned as a man. After the jump, some of our favorite examples. Hands down, the most famous gender switcheroo in a movie? Sigourney Weaver as Officer Ellen Ripley in â??Alien.â?? The filmâ??s scribes wrote all the characters as men, but specified that â??the crew is unisex and all parts are interchangeable for men or women.â?? When Sigourney auditioned, they decided to go for it. â??The idea of making the hero a heroine was a masterstroke,â?? director Ridley Scott said on the DVD. He credits Sigourney with helping the movie stand out from the other sci-fi fare of the time. In â??The 40-Year-Old Virgin,â??Jane Lynch played Paula, Steve Carellâ??s boss at SmartTech. But the role was originally written as â??Paul.â?? Turns out it was Steveâ??s wifeâ??s idea to cast Jane instead. Do we have her to thank for Sue Sylvester, in some tangential way? In 2005â??s â??Flightplan,â?? Sean Penn initially was courted to play Kyle Pratt, a father desperately searching for his missing daughter on an international flight. Only, in the end, Jodie Foster got the role. Different gender but the name stayed the same. thefrisky.com
I saw Salt,it was a good movie.
Who cares!
I'm going to see Salt later.
I don't think she is even remotely attractive and looks old for her age, BUT in the previews, she has a scene where she is in a light grey suit and she has much lighter hair. She needs to go to that lighter color permanently as it softens her irregular facial features and makes her look younger.
Angelina Jolie Is Worth Her â??Saltâ?? NEW YORK (CBS) Angelina Jolie is better than Bond in the explosive, adrenalin-pumping, summer spy thriller â??Saltâ?? and the Columbia release has affirmed her position as Hollywoodâ??s hottest female action star. Reportedly developed for Tom Cruise a few years ago, the film came about when Jolie expressed an interest in playing Bond. Thus, with some clever re-writing â??Edwinâ?? became Evelyn Salt. â??Saltâ?? on the Red Carpet Jolieâ??s Evelyn Salt is a smart cookie. A no-nonsense covert CIA agent in the guise of an employee for a Washington, D.C., based petroleum company, she stands accused of being part of an intricate Russian sleeper cell that has infiltrated the U.S. In an odd twist, news surrounding the recent Russian spy scandal has served to beat down some criticism of the credibility of the filmâ??s key concept - U.S.-Soviet tension that harks back to the Cold War. Jolie performed many of the stunts herself and CGI use was kept to a minimum, making the action sequences intense and much more believable than in many other action flicks. Jolie is definitely able to deliver the goods. Oh, and did I mention, Angelina Jolie is hot!
Yawn, as if we need more stupid movies that promotes more violence. Save your money and use it to promote Peace.