Product Details

• Actors: Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber
• Directors: Philip Noyce
• Format: AC-3, Blu-ray, Dolby, Dubbed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Language: English, French, Spanish
• Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
• Dubbed: French
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Sony Pictures
• DVD Release Date: December 21, 2010
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (445 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0021L8V0W
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,723 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• Learn more about "Salt (Deluxe Unrated Edition) [Blu-ray]" on IMDb

Editorial Reviews

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Angelina Jolie confirms her status as action-heroine supreme in the sinewy thriller Salt. Evelyn Salt (Jolie) is a respected high-ranking CIA agent… until a defecting Russian operative declares that she's a Russian mole in deep cover, launching her on the most delicious chase sequence since the Bourne movies. When the film's over you'll realize the motivations for much of what happened didn't make much sense, but while the movie's going on the pell-mell pace will brush such concerns from your mind. Director Phillip Noyce (Patriot Games, Dead Calm) has a gift for staging action sequences you can actually follow moment to moment, which is infinitely more engaging than frenzied editing that blurs everything into cattle-prod jolts--the movie's first third is top-notch orchestration. Jolie's star magnetism provides the cool, calm axis around which everything else revolves; the sturdy supporting performances of Liev Schreiber (The Manchurian Candidate) and Chiwetel Ejiofor (Inside Man, Dirty Pretty Things) give enough heft to the plot to keep you from questioning anything. Salt is an old-fashioned entertainment, a skillfully made mechanism with enough grace notes to let it breathe and catch you by surprise. --Bret Fetzer

Product Description

Angelina Jolie stars in Columbia Pictures' Salt, a contemporary espionage thriller. Before becoming a CIA officer, Evelyn Salt (Jolie) swore an oath to duty, honor, and country. She will prove loyal to these when a defector accuses her of being a Russian sleeper spy. Salt 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.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

621 of 639 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Unrated Edition vs. Theatrical Cut Differences December 8, 2010

By Senor Zoidbergo TOP 500 REVIEWERVINE™ VOICE

Format:Blu-ray

There are 3 versions of Salt available for viewing, the Theatrical, Extended, and Director's Cuts. They run 1:39:56, 1:40:58, and 1:43:59 respectively (credit to Interzone_Records for the correction). Here are the major differences as compared to the base Theatrical Cut, e.g. Theatrical vs. Extended, and Extended vs. Director's Cut. Note, SPOILERS follow below, so read at your own risk. There are a few major, significant differences between the versions.

The Director's Cut makes the most sense plot-wise, and includes some better character development, in my opinion.

THEATRICAL vs. DIRECTOR's CUT
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1) Evelyn Salt's opening interrogation scene in North Korea is longer and more brutal. The soldiers force a tube down her throat and subject her to more intense questioning, followed by several kicks to the abdomen.

2) Extended scene of Orlov training little kids who will be future sleeper agents. As the kids finish a race through the woods, Orlov asks which kid was first, and which was last, whipping the last kid with a riding crop.

3) Abduction of Michael (Salt's husband) by Orlov's thugs is shown.

4) Additional scene where Michael tells Salt about a new species of spider that he has discovered.

5) Childhood scene between Salt and Schnaider at Orlov's training camp.

6) Salt's husband is NOT shot in the Director's Cut; rather, he is slowly drowned and Salt is forced to watch. Michael's death is much more harrowing in the Director's Cut.

7) Salt kills Orlov with a broken bottle, and the stabbing is shown in more detail, rather than off-screen.

8) Salt's rampage through Orlov's freighter HQ is more graphic....

9) Gunfights depict more bullet holes and blood, but nothing overly gory.

10) Winter kills the president in the Director's Cut, whereas in the Theatrical cut, Winter only knocks him unconscious. I always thought the Theatrical cut never made much sense, because the President would easily be able to identify Winter as the traitor.

11) At the end of the movie, there is a voiceover that subtly suggests that the vice president is actually one of Orlov's sleeper agents, setting the stage up for a sequel. This voiceover is not present in the Extended Cut.

EXTENDED CUT vs. DIRECTOR's CUT
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1) The changes listed above in the Director's Cut are also done in the Extended Cut, with the exception of the differences below.

2) The President is only knocked unconscious in the Theatrical Cut (and killed in the Director's Cut). In the Extended Cut, Winter attempts to make his way towards the unconscious President, who is being wheeled away on a stretcher, in order to kill him.

3) The biggest difference in the Extended Cut is that Salt doesn't kill Orlov until the end of the movie. So the entire sequence in the Theatrical and Director's Cuts where Salt annihilates Orlov's thugs on the barge is missing.

At the end of the Extended Cut, she is being interrogated by Peabody, where she fakes suicide and is taken to a hospital. She subsequently escapes from the hospital, finds Orlov (back in Russia somewhere), and kills him. Read more ›

142 of 160 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Really exciting, well done action flick July 25, 2010

By Stephen Ashley VINE™ VOICE

Format:DVD

This is a really well done action flick worth viewing. Here's what's good with it:

1. It's full of non-stop action that will keep you on the edge of your seat. The stunts and fight scenes are really exciting.

2. The story has twisty turns and it keeps you thinking. There's no boredom here, and I felt the plot was close enough to being plausible to keep you interested. Even if the exact program of placing trained children into America isn't complete realism, we all know that there are spies living as Americans in this country. Just watch the news. It's a current and relevant theme.

3. The acting is excellent, and the characters, especially Angelina Jolie, show depth. You can't help caring about what happens to Salt.

While I agree with another reviewer who said that Salt's husband isn't shown a lot, I felt he was shown enough to reveal that Salt really loved him. That was what the audience needed to know in order to understand her motives, and to care about whether he lived or died.

I'd definitely recommend seeing this movie, and it's one I'd own as well.

125 of 141 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Complex, character driven, action films still exist!? July 24, 2010

By Steven Carrier

Format:DVD

Now this is what I'm talking about. Phillip Noyce's "Salt" is my type of summer movie. First and foremost "Salt" is an action film and it succeeds with flying colors in that regard. But what I really admired about this picture is that it took place in reality. The action was grounded in physics and therefore made it messy, mean and hard hitting. Then we have bon-a-fied movie superstar Angelina Jolie in her best action performance. Where "Salt" also succeeds stupendously is with Evelyn Salt's characterization, which is complex, dualistic, fascinating and ultimately enigmatic. Jolie thrives in this role which plays to literally every one of her strengths as an actress. You root for her and sympathize with her even though it's never clear what side Evelyn truly falls into. It's in this intense dynamic between plot, character and action that leaves "Salt" head and shoulders over films like "Eclipse", "Clash of the Titans", "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time" and yes, even "Inception". But also on a side note it's just plain refreshing to see a film that has Russians trying to take down America, crisp and clean action cinematography and a true movie star like Jolie leading things along. This is classic summer filmmaking at it's finest.

25 of 26 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Which to buy: Theatrical or Director's Cut? December 12, 2010

By Kurgan

Format:DVD

Ok, this is not a product review. I merely want to help you decide which version to buy.

For the first time ever, I personally prefer a theatrical edition over an unrated director's cut, and I'll tell you why. The version shown in theaters was more fun, and made a lot more sense. Unlike typical director's cuts, this one doesn't just add cut footage and tweek some of the editing, it actually uses alternate takes, with alternate events and outcomes, that fundamentally change the story. Simply put, without giving spoilers, the director's cut is far more bleak, and makes the idea of a sequel fairly pointless (or at least insurmountable). In fact, the alternate takes, if one looks back on them, invalidate the entire reason for the story in the first place, making it all a redundant waste of time. Again, trying to avoid spoilers here, so let me just make up a silly analogy that will convey the idea. Imagine a convoluted story about trying to, say, poison a city's water supply, and in the director's cut version you discover afterwards that the bad guys just happened to have someone planted who, by happenstance, already works at the water plant and could have poisoned the water at any time over a lunch break. Seriously, it's that sort of stupid.

I absolutely loved Salt when I saw it. It's a fantastic, exuberant movie that could easily be the start of a really enjoyable franchise. The director's cut, however, I did not enjoy. It did not add anything of substance beyond a few fairly insignificant scenes that were extended by a minute or two, and the alternate takes were far less satisfying than the originals, and only made the movie depressing and, honestly, rather stupid (and I'm far more partial to clever, intelligent stories that make sense).... I truly believe that if you decide to go for the director's cut you'll be robbing yourself of seeing the vastly more logical and exciting story that was presented in the theatrical version.

My recommendation: Go for the original, and avoid the director's cut. The latter is not an expanded product, it's an alternate story, and a bad one at that.

Update: I've now had the chance to see the third version of this film (yes, a third unique version!), which I was unaware of when I wrote the above commentary. It's the "extended" version, and appears to only be available on the Blu-Ray disc. First off, unlike the Director's Cut, the Extended edition is actually a very good story. Some sequences are moved around or changed a bit, but this time it works, and the stupid elements have been removed (only one thing I disliked was retained, but at least in this version it had meaning). It also has a completely different final chapter, and I mean that in a big way, as in the story literally goes in a totally different direction, with new dialogue and scenes in other locations, etc.

My original recommendation still holds, but I'd like to sum-up the three versions in this way:

Theatrical: Overall best of the lot. Riveting story, exciting plot, lots of surprises and twists, and left wide-open for a sequel. (Also note that the sequel, which is already planned, will resume this version's storyline.)

Director's Cut: Unsatisfying. The alternate material is more morose, and undermines the inherent logic of the plot. Ruins any real chance of sequel making any sense by turning it from Die Hard into David and Goliath (and David's got a broken arm and is near-sighted --and Goliath has a Death Star). Worth watching eventually for novelty's sake, but in my opinion not for entertainment value. Prime candidate for Rifftrax.

Extended Edition: Very enjoyable. Combines most of the best elements of the Theatrical and Director's Cut, then slaps on a completely different ending. The style and sentiment seemed to be trying to emulate the neatly packaged, tidy spy stories of the '60s and '70s. This version ties the story up in a nice, neat bow of the instantly recognizable "divine justice" tradition (and you won't care, because it's just darned cool). This version is standalone and finite, with no hint at a sequel (and a sequel to this version would somewhat go against Salt's apparent wishes, but that's really all I can say without spoiling it for you). Definitely watch this version if you can get ahold of the Blu-Ray.

Ok, that's enough outta me on this subject. I promise, I won't edit this again. :) Read more ›