Salt

Director: Phillip Noyce                                                      Genre: Action | Espionage Thriller | Mystery & Suspense

Date Release: July 23, 2010                                              Runtime: 1 hr. 29 min
Rated: PG-13

If you are looking for twist & turn action-thrillers movie starring Angelina Jolie, then you're in luck-- for that's exactly what Salt is. Humdrum in its opening stretch, the film becomes increasingly tense as the loyalties and motives of our main character come into question. And even if the picture ultimately winds up being exactly what we figured it would be when we saw the very first preview for it, it still manages to hold our attention throughout. 

Jolie plays the title character Evelyn Salt as a CIA agent who highly respected by all, including her boss, Ted Winter. Out of the blue, a Russian spy walks into their offices and offers a vital piece of information: the President of Russia will be assassinated during his forthcoming visit to New York City to attend the funeral of the recently deceased U.S. Vice President. The name of the assassin: Evelyn Salt. Concerned about the safety of her husband, who she cannot contact, she goes on the run. Winter refuses to accept that she is a mole or a double agent but her actions begin to raise doubts. Just who is Evelyn Salt and what is she planning? 

As a CIA officer, Evelyn Salt swore an oath to duty, honor and country. Her loyalty will be tested when a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy. Salt goes on the run, using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative to elude capture. Salt's efforts to prove her innocence only serve to cast doubt on her motives, as the hunt to uncover the truth behind her identity continues and the question remains: "Who is Salt?"

Cast:
Angelina Jolie
Liev Schreiber
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Daniel Olbrychski


Screenwriter: Kurt Wimmer, Brian Helgeland 
Producer: Lorenzo Di Bonaventura, Sunil Perkash 
Total U.S Box Office: $103.4M

My Rating:
7/10

Kick-Ass

Director: Matthew Vaughn                                                                    Genre: Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama
Date Release: Apr 16, 2010                                                                  Runtime: 1 hr. 57 mins
Rated: R [See Full Rating](for strong brutal violence throughout, pervasive language, sexual content, nudity and some drug use - some involving children)

                                                            

Mark Millar's violent comic tale of wannabe superheroes is adapted by writer-director Matthew Vaughn (LAYER CAKE) with this Marv Films production. Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and a comic book fan with few friends and who lives alone with his father. His life is not very difficult and his personal trials not that overwhelming. However, one day he makes the simple decision to become a super-hero even though he has no powers or training.

One day he is inspired by all these comic books to become Kick-Ass, a superhero with no powers. Later, he is joined by Red Mist, Hit Girl and her father Big Daddy and they form a vigilante team, fighting drug dealers and vandals.

Cast:

Aaron Johnson as Kick-Ass / Dave Lizewski

Nicolas Cage as Big Daddy / Damon Macready

Chloe Moretz as Hit-Girl / Mindy Macready

Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Red Mist / Chris D'Amico

Mark Strong as Frank D’Amico

Clark Duke as Marty

Even Peters as Todd

Lyndsy Fonseca as Katie Beauxma

Screenwriter: Matthew Vaughn, Jane Goldman, Mark Millar (Comic book), John Romita, Jr.(Comic book illustrator) 
Producer: Matthew Vaughn, Brad Pitt, Kris Thykier, Adam Bohling, Tarquin Pack, David Reid

Total U.S Box Office: $19,750,000 

My Rating:
8.5/10