Salt

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

Rating: 7 out of 10, I decided to give this movie another shot after really disliking it when first released. The sub-$5 price tag on the Blu Ray didn’t hurt either. My initial animus towards it involved the seemingly frail Jolie given too much to do in the action scenes. She’s just not athletic enough to carry them off convincingly. This is strange because she was excellent in Wanted in a similar role. There’s a very convoluted plot with deep cover Soviet agents popping up in the most inconvenient spots and Jolie rushing around to dispatch world leaders and boatloads of terrorists. There’s a very interesting final confrontation in the basement of the White House. The movie really grew on me during this second viewing. Jolie is still frail, almost sickly looking, but Schrieber and Ejiofor chew up some impressive scenery.

MVP: Schreiber as the supposed friend with secrets of his own