Salt spends much of it's run time trying to keep you on edge, unsure of what's really going on, where Salt's allegiances lie, and why. It twists around several times, gleefully doing the film version of a contortionist act. I usually love this stuff, but for some reason, I'm really not sure why, I saw every single twist coming. This wants to be Bourne with a girl-power twist, but eliminate the surprises, and what's left is a fairly run-of-the-mill action thriller.
Jolie is as always a joy to watch, in fact she's probably better here than she really needs to be. Liev Schreiber also doesn't disappoint, but I found Chiwetel Ejiofor lacked much of the earnestness I've come to expect from him, probably because he doesn't have that much to work with: his character has little screen time and is decidedly one-note.
Ultimately, if you don't see the twists coming, you'll probably have a grand time (this was the case for others with whom I saw the film), and if you do, it still passes the time pleasantly enough. However, mild SPOILER ALERT here, must every new movie be a hook on which to hang a franchise? Is it too much to ask that we get an ending, rather than a dangling of further possibilities? Just asking.
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