Salt
A; Thriller
Dir: Phillip Noyce
Cast: Angelina Jolie, Chiwitel Ejiofor, Liev Schreiber
Rating: **

WHAT IT's ABOUT: Who is Salt? The film answers this question in a tight 100-minute span telling us everything about the CIA operative Evelyn Salt (Jolie) who's outed by a sleeper spy labelling her as a Russian spy working against the US government. Whether or not that's true is what we find through a series of high-octane action scenes, mad car chases and a myriad of twists and turns (an assassination plot) to keep you occupied. Salt's colleague Ted (Liev Schreiber) plays an important part giving the plot its much-needed depth and diversion.