Through the years since, there have been "talks & rumors" of various ways to carry on but, with each passing year it has to be said this has become highly unlikely. Having said that, sequels like that third Bad Boys film took 15 years and that still happened, so...
CIA agent Evelyn Salt (Angelina Jolie) is accused by Russian defector Oleg Vassilyevich Orlov (Daniel Olbrychski) of being KA-12, a Russian sleeper spy who has been trained to assassinate the President of Russia while in New York attending the funeral of the American Vice President. Fearing for the life of her arachnologist husband Michael Krause (August Diehl), Salt asks her boss, Ted Winter (Liev Schreiber), the only one who believes in her innocence, to protect him. When Mike can't be located, Salt goes on the run looking for him, while trying to prove her innocence. Unfortunately, her actions say otherwise, and the question is asked: Just who is Salt—CIA agent, Russian spy, or is she being set up?
Salt is based on an original screenplay by American screenwriters Kurt Wimmer and Brian Helgeland.It draws on the history of Lee Harvey Oswald's assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy in 1963. Salt is on the books, and Angelina Jolie has agreed to reprise her role as Evelyn Salt, but no release date has been set.
Orlov claims to be FSB (Cyrillic: ФСБ), which stands for "Federal'naya Sluzhba Bezopasnosti" (meaning "Federal Security Service"), the main domestic security agency of the Russian Federation, signed into law in 1995 by then-President Boris Yeltsin. Its main responsibilities are counter-intelligence, internal and border security, counter-terrorism, and surveillance. It serves a similar but broader function for the Russian people as the FBI does for the American people or MI-5 for the British.
Because the spymaster, among others, wants to destroy America. They do not like the path that Russia has taken since lifting the Iron Curtain in 1991. They want Russia to regain the strength it held during the Cold War, and the first step to accomplishing that is to get rid of the current president of the Russian Federation, who calls the deceased American vice president "his greatest friend in the West."
Altogether three different versions are available of Salt. One has to differentiate between the well-known theatrical cut, the Extended Cut and the Director's Cut. All three versions have been released on Blu-ray/DVD.
Theatrical Cut: Shown on the big screen with a PG-13 rating—it was even cut for a 12A rating in the UK. The comparisons with both extended versions show that this version had to be cut due to regulations from the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), made obvious by frame cuts and toned down alternative footage. Also, the movie was trimmed and sped up a little, as it is custom to make a later extended version an option. The theatrical version has an open ending and thus the possibility of a sequel.
Director's Cut: The difference in running time between the theatrical version and the Directors Cut is approximately 4 minutes. Apart from the removal of the usual PG-13 censorship, the Director's Cut features several new scenes and extensions. Though not essential for the movie, the new footage does provide a bit of fleshing out for characters and story. The main changes include a different version of Michael's death and a slightly different conclusion: the US President dies, this change achieved by the addition and removal of some small scenes as well as a bit of CG blood. The film ends with a voice-over from a news report, telling the viewer that Salt has been killed and implying that the new US President is a Russian sleeper agent. Some believe Orlov's plan was therefore successful and a sequel is unlikely, but the news report can also be interpreted as a cover story, saying that Salt has been killed to cover up her escape and plan to go after the other sleeper agents.
Extended Cut: Only marginally longer than the theatrical cut (about one minute), but the differences are more numerous than that might suggest. It is initially based on the Director's Cut, meaning the removal of PG-13 censorship and the inclusion of some of its new scenes, such as the different death of Michael. The biggest change follows this scene: while Salt kills Orlov shortly after Michael's death in both the theatrical cut and Director's Cut, in the extended cut she only visits him, then returns to kill him in Russia at the end of the film. Any mention of Orlov's early demise is therefore also removed. There are several changes beside this, so the small difference in running time says almost nothing about how much the versions differ. Due to the final act of revenge in this version, a sequel is much less likely.
Theatrical Cut: Shown on the big screen with a PG-13 rating—it was even cut for a 12A rating in the UK. The comparisons with both extended versions show that this version had to be cut due to regulations from the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), made obvious by frame cuts and toned down alternative footage. Also, the movie was trimmed and sped up a little, as it is custom to make a later extended version an option. The theatrical version has an open ending and thus the possibility of a sequel.
Director's Cut: The difference in running time between the theatrical version and the Directors Cut is approximately 4 minutes. Apart from the removal of the usual PG-13 censorship, the Director's Cut features several new scenes and extensions. Though not essential for the movie, the new footage does provide a bit of fleshing out for characters and story. The main changes include a different version of Michael's death and a slightly different conclusion: the US President dies, this change achieved by the addition and removal of some small scenes as well as a bit of CG blood. The film ends with a voice-over from a news report, telling the viewer that Salt has been killed and implying that the new US President is a Russian sleeper agent. Some believe Orlov's plan was therefore successful and a sequel is unlikely, but the news report can also be interpreted as a cover story, saying that Salt has been killed to cover up her escape and plan to go after the other sleeper agents.
Extended Cut: Only marginally longer than the theatrical cut (about one minute), but the differences are more numerous than that might suggest. It is initially based on the Director's Cut, meaning the removal of PG-13 censorship and the inclusion of some of its new scenes, such as the different death of Michael. The biggest change follows this scene: while Salt kills Orlov shortly after Michael's death in both the theatrical cut and Director's Cut, in the extended cut she only visits him, then returns to kill him in Russia at the end of the film. Any mention of Orlov's early demise is therefore also removed. There are several changes beside this, so the small difference in running time says almost nothing about how much the versions differ. Due to the final act of revenge in this version, a sequel is much less likely.
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- How long is Salt?1 hour and 40 minutes
- When was Salt released?July 23, 2010
- What is the IMDb rating of Salt?6.5 out of 10
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- Who are the characters in Salt?Evelyn Salt, Ted Winter, Peabody, Vasily Orlov, Michael Krause, President Howard Lewis, Secretary of Defense, Russian President Matveyev, Shnaider, Chenkov's Father, and others
- What is the plot of Salt?A CIA agent goes on the run after a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy.
- What was the budget for Salt?$110 million
- How much did Salt earn at the worldwide box office?$294 million
- How much did Salt earn at the US box office?$118 million
- What is Salt rated?PG-13
- What genre is Salt?Action and Thriller
- How many awards has Salt won?4 awards
- How many awards has Salt been nominated for?20 nominations
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