More MI-III than
Bourne, this assassin/spy
actioner looks far better than original premises detailed it might be. Starring Angelina Jolie,
Liev Schrieber and
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Salt sees CIA specialist Jolie framed as a
Russian sleeper agent with plans to assassinate the US president, who then has to go on the run to prove her innocence. Not terribly original but who doesn't love this stuff?
Originally Tom Cruise was in the lead role but it was rewritten for Jolie once Cruise's time-slot's ran over. Phillips Noyce (Patriot Games, The Bone Collector) directs and writers Brian Helgeland and Kurt Wimmer are two of the most accomplished writers in film today with credits between them ranging over the likes of Law Abiding Citizen, Street Kings, LA Confidential, Mystic River, Bourne Supremacy, Man on Fire and Green Zone we should see some good stuff in this.
And it's great to see a girl playing the
badass for once.