SALT

Hey, Bruce Willis called. He wants his forgettable action movie back.

Angelina Jolie plays Evelyn Salt, a CIA agent who is held as a prisoner and tortured in North Korea for reasons that have almost nothing to do with the plot. When she returns she is asked to interrogate a Russian defector, who reveals there is a plot to kill the President of Russia when he attends the funeral of the US Vice-President. He names the trigger person as Evelyn Salt!

So Evelyn is forced to escape in a series of chases that become more and more meaningless as the film goes on. The big question is of course is she or isn't she?

Problem is after awhile we don't really care. This is one of those films that does NOT want you to ask "How was this plan SUPPOSED to work?" or "Why didn't they just do THIS instead?". If you look for answers you only find more questions and confusion.

Jolie is still okay as an action star, but once again she fails to disrobe or even take a shower. In fact, she looks kind of scruffy most of the movie.

Jolie is supported by a pudgy Liev Schreiber as her CIA buddy and Chiwetel Ejiofor as Mr. Peabody, the agent trying to bring her in, but its pretty much for naught. There is no there there.

It's easier to believe that you might be able to pick up Jolie at your local Target on a Saturday night and go play Yahtzee than many of the things in this film. Of course, I HAVE played Yahtzee (strip Yahtzee) with Angelina on a Saturday night, but that is besides the point.

The film ends all set up for a sequel, but judging by the box office on this one, I think you'd be waiting a long, long time for that one.