I think I missed the (makeshift) boat on this one.

If I threaten to delete you from Facebook, will you pretend to like it for me?

Say that you like it, trixster! He already deleted me from facebook!

Did that happen? I don't believe it.

Angelina star vehicles is where you draw the line?

This is ... ridiculous. But kind of good. I think they took it just a bit too far in the last act. It was straddling the line until after the dock sequence. Pushing it farther into the nuclear war setup and the Liev twist bordered on parody. The "We set up the Russians to nuke us, so we have to nuke them" bit reminded me of Dr. Strangelove

Also the logic holes are just... enormous. Especially loved when after Angelina crashed the police cruiser off the bridge, instead of showing how she'd further escape the hundreds of police around her as a result of killing the Russian president, they just cut to her safely on a boat.

With that said. The action scenes are decent. One thing I can say is the movie looks good. It's very... clean. Good DP working this one.

Um....this movie was kind of shoddy and illogical.

Other films are preposterous, I even just saw Speed Racer yesterday, but they embrace it and deliver a fun experience and allow for the suspension of disbelief, this took itself seriously but made less sense than ever.

Government officials firing guns all across the city? On a highway at a tanker? Not making a move to pull the Russian president out of the church? I also don't think the Jolie's past development was done well at all not to mention all the Russians being so eager to just kill themselves.

A B because I still liked Jolie's performance and it was decently entertaining though nothing special and I wouldn't see it again.

t and m are facebook friends?!

yes. both are also friends with g! (now again).

As for Salt, I liked it, although it was a bit goofier than it needed to be.

A little Disappointed, after the reviews on here. I thought it was very predictable, those twists were coming a mile away, all 6 of them, but it was exciting for the most part, despite some bad CGI effects. Jolie did kick it and Schrieber is about as good as he always is. In the end, I just didn't care what happened. It's pure formula disguised as something slick.

B-

6/10 -> C

Absurd in every way but it kinda works. Mainly due to Jolie who makes this role somewhat believable despite the absurdity. I actually thought that the whole "Salt is a Russian plant" plot will turn out to be false and a gunsmoke for CIA's eyes, while real plants make their assault and I think I'd prefer if that happened. The whole "Hello former comrades" charade was a bit too much, but at least we did get a kick ass kill in the end. I'm looking forward to the sequel. And I'm hoping it's going to be a bit more tighter plot wise.

Well shot, well acted, decent action scenes, but not in the least bit interesting. If Sony hadn't pulled off the greatest marketing campaign ever a month or so before the release (the film could've benefited if Evelyn was a little more sexual, like the one that posed topless with a dildo in her hand), I don't think there would be a reason to even remember this.

**

At least I had the theater all to myself.

how many action movies, do you care about the ending, especially ones that are setting themselves up as a possible sequal.

For me, good enough. Angie Jolie did the job, and similar to what we have seen from Tom Cruise.

And it had about 5 pretty good action sequences, that satisfied the audience, the two times I saw it.

how many action movies, do you care about the ending, especially ones that are setting themselves up as a possible sequal.
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All of the good ones.

Still a jackass I see. And stupid to boot. As anyone who says all is an ass.

Anyway, I just said that as he said he didn't like the ending. I was fine with it as it seems most voters in the poll who gave it a B or above. And the critics and the box office.

So whatever loser.

yes because popular opinion is so often correct.
I am not quite sure how asserting that all good action movies, are all good movies for that matter, should leaving you caring, at least to some degree about the ending, makes me a jackass. Please elaborate Grill.

I am fine with popular opinion, when it agrees with me.

And a movie that sets itself as to a future sequel can't nice tie or end the story as nicely as one that doesn't want a sequel.

That is not necessarily true, see: The Adventure of the Final Problem.

Finally had some time so I read it.

Worthless crap, like I expected it would be.

And before you ask some stupid question back... Explain to me in detail what you meant with that BS Link.

Why are you trying to insult me? I merely rebutted your feeble assertion. You can read it again:

Only an obviously poor movie would alter any aspect of the film to "set up" for a sequel. That is a commercial tactic not an artistic move, thus not a good move.

Again, as I said above, a movie that is setting up a possible sequel doesn't tie up the ending nicely!!!

Like in Salt, she escapes to kill more enemies. So as I said, the movie doesn't have a nice tie at the end.

B

A great popcorn flick.

Insanely predictable, and mildly uninteresting for a chunk of its screentime (I considered walking out somewhere around the funeral assassination bit), but it's nicely shot, is really ambitious in terms of action (even if the FX can't do all of the ideas justice), and I've had a total man-crush on Liev Schreiber for a decade.

Makeshift's right about one thing -- Angelina Jolie totally oozes movie star in this.