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I’m not a spy.

I’m a businesswoman….Please let me go home.

(Brutal torture by North Korean agents follows.)

I’m not a spy. I’m not a spy.

- Evelyn Salt inside a North Korean prison

Folks, we’ve just returned from the midnight show of the new Angelina Jolie film Salt.

Of course, like all most action movies Salt too is a wildly implausible tale featuring the CIA, Russian spies, moles, assassination attempts on top Russian and American leaders, nuclear bombs, fast car chases and lots and lots of bang bang, dishoom dishoom.

But the movie is also a helluva entertaining ride if you are into these senseless but well executed Bourne-style action films.

Angelinaaah’s Show, Completely
Undoubtedly, the star of the show is Angelina Jolie.

And what a jolly time Ms.Jolie offers viewers.

Gosh, we came (well, almost) at the sight of her literal and figurative pyrotechnics.

The woman is electrifying on the screen. Really.

Makes her performance in Mr and Mrs.Smith (2005) look like a warm-up act. No kidding.

Gee, What Panache
There’s no high-wire act the 35-year-old Hollywood actress doesn’t tackle in Salt – walk the high ledge of a tall apartment complex, jump out of an helicopter without a parachute into the Potomac river, kill a whole barge of Russian spies, escape from a CIA building, survive brutal torture by North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il’s henchmen, jump from the top of one fast-moving truck to another on the highway or hijack a police car.

And more.

By God, the 90-minute film is one lengthy adrenalin rush.

Who needs cocaine with Angie baby around!

All of it rendered with an extraordinary degree of panache.

It’s hard to think of any other Hollywood actress accomplishing what Angeline Jolie does in Salt with anywhere near the same degree of excellence. Continue reading »