Oh, what to do with a film like Salt.

Absolutely terrific action scenes, especially the elongated chase scene after Angelina Jolie's escape and the church scene. A really engaging and intriguing lead performance from Jolie with predictably outstanding support from Chiwetel Ejiofor and the great Liev Schreiber. And splendid little moments such as Jolie tasering a cop to make him accelerate an out-of-control car.

This is all very good. But then there's the plot. And well, it's a doozy, isn't…

This seems to be widely regarded as one of John Ford's best westerns but I'm not sure about that myself.

Admittedly I haven't seen nearly as many of his films as I perhaps should have done but this is a fair notch down from The Searchers or The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance or Rio Bravo to name but three. It's quite long-winded in its opening act, taking more time to establish characters than it probably needed to. It also…

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