Salt (2010)

A CIA agent goes on the run after a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy.

Director:

Phillip Noyce

Writer:

Kurt Wimmer

Stars:

Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, Chiwetel Ejiofor

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 4 wins & 16 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Angelina Jolie	...	Evelyn Salt
Liev Schreiber	...	Ted Winter
Chiwetel Ejiofor	...	Peabody
Daniel Olbrychski	...	Orlov
August Diehl	...	Mike Krause
Daniel Pearce	...	Young Orlov
Hunt Block	...	U.S. President Lewis
Andre Braugher	...	Secretary of Defense
Olek Krupa	...	Russian President Matveyev
Cassidy Hinkle	...	12-Year-Old Chenkov
Corey Stoll	...	Shnaider
Vladislav Koulikov	...	Chenkov's Father
Olya Zueva	...	Chenkov's Mother
Kevin O'Donnell	...	Young CIA Officer
Gaius Charles	...	CIA Officer

Storyline

Evelyn Salt is a CIA agent and highly respected by all, including her boss, Ted Winter. Out of the blue, a Russian spy walks into their offices and offers a vital piece of information: the President of Russia will be assassinated during his forthcoming visit to New York City to attend the funeral of the recently deceased U.S. Vice President. The name of the assassin: Evelyn Salt. Concerned about the safety of her husband, who she cannot contact, she goes on the run. Winter refuses to accept that she is a mole or a double agent but her actions begin to raise doubts. Just who is Evelyn Salt and what is she planning?

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Plot Keywords:

cia | russian | on the run | russian spy | spy | 

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Taglines:

Salt Kills.

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan] Sony Pictures [Canada]

Country:

USA

Language:

English Russian Korean

Release Date:

23 July 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

Edwin A. Salt

Filming Locations:

Makaryev Monastery, Lyskovo, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

Box Office

Budget:

$110,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$36,011,243 (USA) (23 July 2010)

Gross:

$118,311,368 (USA) (22 October 2010)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures, Relativity Media, Di Bonaventura Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min 104 min (director's cut) 101 min (unrated)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The screenplay for this film was featured in the 2007 Blacklist; a list of the "most liked" unmade scripts of the year.

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Goofs

Before the action moves to New York, while the scene is still supposed to be in Washington, DC, there is a scene which supposedly takes place in Washington, but is recognizable as Riverside Drive near West 156th St. in New York City. In the background, a wrapper has been placed over a New York City street sign that reads "C Street" or "G Street" to make it appear as if it was in Washington.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Evelyn Salt: [being dragged out and tied down] Please let me go home. Please, I'm not who you think I am. I'm really not who you think I am. Please. Please, I'm not a spy.
North Korean Torturer: You are a spy!
Evelyn Salt: I'm not a spy. Please let me go home.
North Korean Torturer: Try again.
Evelyn Salt: I am not a spy! I am a business woman. I work for Rink Petroleum and Gas. Please call them. I work for Rink Petroleum!
North Korean Torturer: You are here to sabotage our nuclear ambitions. Yes?
Evelyn Salt: [water tube being forced into her mouth] I am not a spy! I am not a spy!

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Connections

Featured in The Modern Master of the Political Thriller: Phillip Noyce (2010)

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Soundtracks

Yr the Enemy
Written by Ian Blurton and Dean Dallas Bentley
Performed by C'mon
Courtesy of Blown Speaker Records

User Reviews

A Full of Action Combination of "The Manchurian Candidate" with "No Way Out"

Two years ago, the CIA field agent Evelyn Salt (Angeline Jolie) is captured in North Korea and tortured. Her beloved husband and entomologist Mike Krause (August Diehl) presses the US Government to make a swap and bring Salt back home.

On the present days, the highly efficient Salt performs administrative work with her boss Ted Winter (Liev Schreiber). When a Russian defector turns himself in to CIA, Salt is assigned to interrogate him. Out of the blue, the man accuses Salt of being a Russian agent in charge of killing the President of Russia during his visit to New York to attend the funeral of the American Vice-President.

Salt claims that she is innocent and asks Ted to call her husband, but she is not successful in her attempt. Salt asks Ted to give protection to her husband but she decides to flee to seek out Mike. Ted does not believe she is a Russian spy but the Secret Agent Peabody (Chiwetel Ejiofor) orders his agents to capture Salt dead or alive.

"Salt" is full of action film that combines "The Manchurian Candidate" com "No Way Out". Angeline Jolie is very beautiful and surprisingly performs a pleasant heroine. Despite the twists, the story is predictable and flawed, but the action scenes make it worth seeing. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "Salt"