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?"
Stunts
Jolie did most stunts including that truck-to-truck highway leap.
Practical Effects
Real locations over greenscreen—DC streets, actual Russian embassy stand-in.
Editing
Relentless propulsion—100 minutes that absolutely do not breathe.
Director
Phillip Noyce
Angelina Jolie
Evelyn Salt
Liev Schreiber
Theodore Winter
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Darryl Peabody
Daniel Olbrychski
Oleg Vasilyevich Orlov
August Diehl
Mike Krause
Daniel Pearce
Young Orlov
Hunt Block
US President Howard Lewis
Andre Braugher
Secretary of Defense
Olek Krupa
Russian President Matveyev
Cassidy Hinkle
Young Salt
Corey Stoll
Shnaider
Olya Zueva
Chenkov's Mother
Kevin O'Donnell
Francis
Gaius Charles
Todd Bottoms
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tom Cruise was originally attached; the script was rewritten specifically for Jolie, making Salt female without changing the action beats.
Released during the 2010 Russian spy ring scandal—art imitated life so hard the marketing basically wrote itself.
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