Posts Tagged ‘spy’

Short Take: The tagline reads "Who is Salt?" - but does the movie even know?

Director: Phillip Noyce (The Bone Collector)

Screenwriter: Kurt Wimmer (Law Abiding Citizen)

Cast: Angelina Jolie (Wanted, Changeling), Liev Schreiber (Repo Men), Chiwetel Ejiofor (2012, Serenity)

Length: 1h 40m

Synopsis: Evelyn Salt (Jolie) is a CIA operative who was recently rescued from captivity in North Korea. She has a husband, a distinguished career profile, and is looking forward to celebrating her wedding anniversary. Before officially clocking out the night of, however, her superiors ask that she interrogate a man who could possibly be a Russian spy. During the interrogation the man pegs Salt as also being a Russian spy by saying she was his contact in the United States. Not taking chances, the CIA tries to hold Salt but she gets away, leading them on a wild chase that they hope will reveal exactly which side she’s fighting for. Read the rest of this entry »

Short Take: Pretty solid all around, though Cruise' playful attitude towards the material makes the film

Director: James Mangold (3:10 to Yuma, Walk the Line)

Screenwriter: Patrick O’Neill (Début Film)

Cast: Tom Cruise (Tropic Thunder, Mission Impossible III), Cameron Diaz (Shrek Forever After, My Sister’s Keeper), Peter Sarsgaard (Orphan, An Education) Paul Dano (Taking Woodstock, There Will Be Blood)

Length: 1 hour 50 minutes

Synopsis: June Havens (Diaz) meets Roy Miller (Cruise), seemingly by accident, when they bump into each other at the airport.  June and Roy end up on the same flight and start a casual flirtation.  Things take a turn for the dangerous when Roy kills everyone else on the near-empty flight explaining that he’s a CIA agent on the lam because he stole a valuable new invention called the Zephyr.  June’s involvement with Roy puts her in danger and he insists that she must trust him in order to survive.  However, everything from Roy’s unpredictable behavior to the appearance of FBI Agent Fitzgerald (Sarsgaard) leads June to question Roy’s sincerity.  As June and Roy encounter ever more dangerous scenarios, she must decide whether Roy is endangering her life or protecting it. Read the rest of this entry »