Salt (PG-13, 2010)

What to watch out for * Messages: The main message here seems to be "trouble could be lurking under your very nose" -- Russian spies could be anywhere, and there's nothing you can do about it unless you're a trained super spy. A slightly more positive message is hidden for the purposes of a "twist" in the movie's plot. * Role models: Salt is a hero who's made to look like a villain for most of the film. Her ultimate aim is to prevent the world from being destroyed, but she also acts out of revenge. She kills many people during her journey and steals things whenever she needs them, and she never trusts anyone. * Violence: Heavy action violence, with lots of shooting, stabbing, fighting, punching, chasing, and explosions. The heroine is tortured in the opening scene; she's pummeled, and gasoline is poured down her throat. A man kills two guards with a shoe knife. Salt is shot and wounded; she stabs and kills a man with a broken vodka bottle. A flashback of Salt as a little girl shows her bruised and clad in bandages, as if she had been horribly beaten. * Sex: Some romantic kissing. In one scene, Salt removes her panties from under her skirt, using them to cover up and disable a security camera. She's also shown in her underwear during the opening scene. There's a shot of a Long Island bar called "Jugs and Strokers." * Language: The most frequent words used are "godd**n" and "s--t." "F--k" is used at once. Also "Jesus Christ" (as an exclamation), "d**n," and "h**l." * Consumerism: One very prominent Pepsi billboard, a brief glimpse of a Heineken truck, and images of board games like Operation, Connect Four, and Othello. * Drinking, drugs, & smoking: The Russian spies drink a lot of vodka in a "background" way.

Salt is a pure action film. It has some phenomenal stunts by Angelina Jolie and lots of eye candy in the form of explosions in nearly every scene and, well, Angelina Jolie. There are no redeeming qualities to the film- it is sleek, stylized and completely forgettable. But while the movie is playing, all of the audience members will have a blast with it. The twisty plotline follows a dedicated CIA agent who is forced to abandon everything that she loves after she is accused of being a Russian sleeper spy. As the stakes get higher and agents from both countries close in on the agent, Evelyn Salt (Jolie), it becomes uncertain which side she is actually playing for. There are many explosions and many people are killed by Salt. Salt is tortured in one scene and people are stabbed, punched and killed gratuitously. There is no sexual content in the film and language is kept mostly clean. Kids may have trouble following the plotline, but teenagers will have a lot of fun with this fast-moving action thriller.

Salt was definately not one of the best movies I have ever seen, but it was interesting enough to keep me watching. At the end of the film I was left feeling rather unsatisfied and overwhelmed at how over the top this film's plot was. This would have been okay if the plot and its twists had still been suprising, but I had already predicted each major even way before it happened, which kind of ruined the experience. At the start of Salt, I was really engaged and thinking it was going to be great, which improved my rating, but overall I'm just not left with the feeling of having watched a good, worthwhile movie.

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Amazing movie. Salt was definetly one of my favorite movies of 2010. It does have alot of violence, two or three sceens I had to look away. Also there is also alot of swearing. The Russians also drink alot of vodka. This thriller will keep you wondering until the end and maybe even after the movie is finished. I would recommend this to anyone 13 and over, but it a spectacularly done movie.

Love it as a movie. I think it will be fine for ages 11, depends on the kid.

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Really good movie but not appropriate for younger children there is a lot of swear words, and shooting people

Good thing I don't take other people's reviews too seriously or I would have missed out on this amazing movie. I thought it was AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!