‘Salt’ suits for an adrenaline rush

However preposterous a plot it has, the action-packed Hollywood flick, “Salt,” can keep moviegoers seeking some thrills this summer on the edge of their seats.

But aren’t logic and plausibility key to a finely produced action thriller you ask?

Well, not really.

In this age of fast information and fast everything, who goes to summer action flicks for logic or even plausible characters?

We cough up our hard earned won for a ticket and maybe a tub full of buttered popcorn to feel the adrenaline rush of seeing crazy stunts on screen and in this case seeing Angelina Jolie kick a lot of butts and take down names. 

The plot goes something like this: Jolie plays Evelyn Salt, a Russian double agent working for the CIA who may or may not be playing both sides.

A former high-ranking officer of Soviet-era Russia turns himself in to the CIA with some vital information that has to do with a lot of doomsday boogeyman rhetoric appropriate for a film of this type.

Salt is ushered into the interrogation room to see whether the guy is legitimate. It turns out he is.

Here’s the kicker: He spills the beans on Salt’s supposed true identity as a Russian super-spy trained and brainwashed to assassinate the American president.

Needless to say, Salt nearly blows up the entire CIA headquarters in a thrilling escape, taking down highly trained field agents in the process.

This all happens within the first 10 minutes of the film and the action never lets up, and builds to a truly hilarious showdown with the unexpected baddie. 

Along with her previous bullet festivals like the “Tomb Raider” franchise, “Wanted,” and “Mr. & Mrs. Smith,” Jolie proves that she is just as convincing an action star as male counterparts like Will Smith.