Salt

2010 Action/Adventure

Director Phillip Noyce teams with screenwriters Kurt Wimmer (Equilibrium) and Brian Helgeland (Mystic River) to craft this thriller starring Angelina Jolie as dedicated CIA officer Evelyn Salt, who is accused by a defector of being a Russian spy. With each attempt Salt makes to prove her innocence, her mentor, Winter (Liev Schreiber), only grows more suspicious of her true motivations. The longer she eludes capture by ambitious CIA agent Peabody (Chiwetel Ejiofor), the higher the stakes get.

Director: Phillip Noyce

Starring: Angelina Jolie,Liev Schreiber, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Daniel Olbrychski, August Diehl

Reviews

  • Salt moves ever forward -- pushing, pushing, pushing its heroine to greater feats every minute. It doesn't stop for martinis, either shaken or stirred, or any other detours. The movie is lean and muscular, looking for action even in situations where a little sleight of hand might have done the trick.

    Kirk Honeycutt - The Hollywood Reporter

    27 April 2013

  • Like its star, Salt is a spare and lean piece of work; it's everything a modern action movie should be, a picture made with confidence but not arrogance, one that believes so wholeheartedly in its outlandish plot twists that they come to make perfect alt-universe sense.

    Stephanie Zacharek - Movieline

    27 April 2013

  • Salt knows how to stay one step ahead of you in devious, if jaw-droppingly contrived, ways. The movie is fun, dammit. So who cares, really, if it's trash?

    Owen Gleiberman - Entertainment Weekly

    27 April 2013

  • Primed to keep your pulse racing so your brain will stop thinking, "WTF!" Go with the illogic or you'll miss the fun.

    Peter Travers - Rolling Stone

    27 April 2013

  • The action scenes are imaginative and elaborate without seeming fake. Nothing is belabored, and the stakes never stop escalating.

    Mick LaSalle - The San Francisco Chronicle

    27 April 2013

Awards

  • Best Achievement in Sound Mixing

    Academy Awards (2011)

     
  • Best Action/Adventure Film

    Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films (2011)

  • Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects and Foley in a Feature Film

    Motion Picture Sound Editors (2011)

     
  • Favorite Action Movie

    People's Choice Awards (2011)

     
  • Best Stunts

    Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards (2010)