Between improvised rocket launchers, highway chases that include several truck jumps, secret identities, and a very high body count, Salt is a movie that will have you highly entertained throughout the whole film.

Angelina Jolie stars as the highly trained CIA agent, Evelyn Salt, a character who takes advantage of every opportunity to showcase the unbelievably awesome skills that you would expect such a character to possess.   However, it’s not just the awesomeness of Evelyn Salt that makes this movie entertaining; it’s a combination of the action and the elaborate and twisting plot—that keeps you guessing until the very end— that will have audiences coming out.

The movie really gets going early on when Salt flees a CIA building after a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy with a plot to assassinate the Russian president.  The line between friend and foe is blurred early on and the true identity of Salt becomes the unanswered question that keeps the story moving.

After Salt runs, what follows is a fast paced story told through director Phillip Noyce’s incredible action sequences and complicated through Kurt Wimmer’s script.  Although Salt is most entertaining for the action, there is also an attempt at some political undertones reminiscent of the Cold War woven into the background of the story.  This acts as a base for the plot, but as is the case with the most films in the genre, it isn’t as important as the thrill of the action.

A lot is packed into the hour and a half it takes to tell the story in Salt.  Right from the beginning Evelyn Salt is portrayed as a character that means business when it comes to making any body that gets in her way hit the floor.  It’s quickly realized after the inciting incident that Evelyn Salt may not be who she says she is, or who other people say she is for that matter, and that’s the fun of the movie.  Salt keeps audiences guessing until the very end.

One downside to the film is that it’s over so quickly and it feels like some of the loose ends haven’t been tied up, but if you’re looking for a good quality, fast-paced action movie then Salt is definitely for you.  Salt is the kind of movie that sucks you in and keeps you wondering how it’s all going to come together at the end and you’ve got to take it for what it is—a great action movie.

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Angelina Jolie is reportedly back on the set of her latest movie after being taken to the hospital for a minor bump to the head.

The actress was shooting an action sequence for the thriller “Salt” in New York on Friday when she sustained the injury.

According to Columbia Pictures spokesman Steve Elzer, Jolie was taken to a local hospital as a precautionary measure, examined and released.

Elzer said she was back on the set later that day and production had resumed.

“Salt,” which also stars Liev Schreiber and Chiwetel Ejiofor, has Jolie playing a CIA officer who goes on the run after she is accused of being a Russian spy.

The movie is slated for release in summer of 2010.

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