Salt

As a CIA officer, Evelyn Salt swore an oath to duty, honor, and country. Her loyalty will be tested when a Russian defector accuses her of being a Russian sleeper spy. She goes on the run, using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative to elude capture, protect her husband, and stay one step ahead of her colleagues at the CIA. Her 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?"

Salt lands somewhere between guilty pleasure and genuine thriller, with critics broadly agreeing that Angelina Jolie carries the film on sheer star power while splitting sharply over whether its escalating absurdity is part of the fun or a fatal flaw. The action is fast and largely practical, but the spy plotting underneath drew fire for being both predictable and incoherent — a combination that left many reviewers shrugging even as they acknowledged being entertained.