'Salt'

'Salt' (PG-13) (3 stars)

Writers: Phillip Noyce and Kurt Wimmer
Director: Phillip Noyce
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, Olek Krupa, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Andre Braugher

"Salt" is a crackling good spy thriller that is simply exciting, fast paced and fun. The movie is so fast you don't even notice the plot holes. The trailers have given it away but Jolie is fantastic as Evelyn Salt, an American spy who one day is outed by a Russian bad guy as a Russian spy. The movie then turns into a chase thriller with well directed chase scenes involving everything. The director is Phillip Noyce who knows how to create suspense, he directed "Dead Calm". Angelina Jolie is probably the best female action star we have and she puts all her heart in the chase and fight scenes. There are double crosses, foot chases, spy secrets and all that good spy stuff and it is done with flair. Again the movie is so fast paced that you don't notice the many weak and dumb moments. This movie is a vast improvement over Jolie's last few movies.