Salt
Angelina Jolie stars as Evelyn Salt in the new action thriller Salt. It’s a “by the numbers” spy film with a couple exciting scenes, but they don’t really make up for the overly unrealistic and predictable plot. Jolie is a captivating actress (I could stare at her lips all day) and she’s effective as an action star – Mr. and Mrs.
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Knight and Day
Knight and Day is a romantic comedy starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz. No, wait… that’s not right, it’s an action thriller about spies. Okay, you got me…it’s really a spy comedy with some action and (what the filmmakers want us to believe is) romance. The romance is practically non-existant though...
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Quantum of Solace
I had hoped the trend that was started with Casino Royale would continue with Quantum of Solace, but, unfortunately, the film bounces around from location to location without any real explanation, and Bond seems to accidentally show up just in time for the next action scene.
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Casino Royale
When Daniel Craig was picked as the newest Bond I didn’t really care because the previous several films in the series were terrible (how can you mess up something that already sucks?) and Layer Cake (which undoubtedly must have been the reason Craig was hired) was actually a pretty good film.
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