Line #3 YMMV/Salt - TV Tropes


1	* CompleteMonster:
2	** [[RenegadeRussian Vasilyevich Orlov]] is a Russian [[TheSpymaster spymaster]] who trained many Russians to become [[UsefulNotes/MoscowCentre KGB]] sleeper agents in America using them to carry out countless assassinations; one of which includes Evelyn Salt before she genuinely defected to the USA, only for Orlov to regain his control by [[IHaveYourWife holding her husband hostage]] and forcing Salt to assassinate the Russian president, leading to conflict between Russia and America. After Salt completes the assassination, Orlov [[ForcedToWatch forces Salt to watch]] him kill her husband, to see if she's still loyal to him, before assigning her to assassinate the US President, and while having her meet up with sleeper agent Nikolai Tarkovsky, whom he orders to launch nuclear missiles at Mecca and Tehran, to subject America to a nuclear war, uncaring about the high death toll of innocents.
3	** [[TheHeavy Nikolai Tarkovsky]], alias [[spoiler:[[DeepCoverAgent Ted Winter]]]], is a KGB sleeper agent who infiltrated the US Government and kidnapped Evelyn Salt's husband Mike, giving him to Orlov and allowing him to force Evelyn to assassinate the Russian president and execute Mike once [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness he's no longer of use to them]]. Infiltrating the White House, Tarkovsky murders countless people there before he [[NukeEm launches nuclear missiles]] against the cities of Mecca and Tehran, intending to kill millions of innocent people there and inciting the wrath of billions of Muslims onto America. After he [[FrameUp frames]] Salt for his atrocities, he tries to kill her as she is taken to custody.
4	* GeniusBonus: As you may have noticed, the title is in all-caps on the disc case, so it looks suspiciously like [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Arms_Limitation_Talks SALT.]]
5	** Strategic Arms Limitation? Well, there are plenty of weapons floating around in this movie. And it involves both the US and Russia.
6	** Of course, a sequel would be named [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Arms_Limitation_Talks SALT II.]] Ring any bells?
7	* HilariousInHindsight: The Secretary of Defense in the film is played by Andre Braugher, who bears a similar resemblance to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin.
8	* MagnificentBitch: [[AntiHero Evelyn Salt]] was a KGB spy who infiltrated the CIA before [[BecomingTheMask genuinely defecting]] to America after marrying Mike Krause after he rescued her. Exposed by her former handler, Vasilyevich Orlov, he also takes her husband hostage to force her to assassinate the Russian President, Boris Matveyev. Salt infiltrates the funeral he was attending and injects Matveyev with spider venom, [[FakingTheDead making it seem like he died]]. When Orlov executes Mike in front of Salt, she reins in her emotion long enough to fool Orlov into still believing she's loyal before killing him in his cell. She then heads to the White House to kill Orlov's last spy, before convincing Darryl Peabody to free her so that she can kill off any remaining Russian sleeper agent as revenge for killing her husband.
9	* MoralEventHorizon: When Orlov commands one of his men to [[spoiler: shoot Mike]], and when [[spoiler: Ted plans to nuke major Islamic cities in order to incite rage within the Muslim community.]]
10	* {{Narm}}:
11	** At one point Salt is disguised as a [[spoiler: man]]. It looks as ridiculous as it sounds.
12	** On the [[spoiler: silly latex facial disguise]], yes. On the hair and clothes....
13	** The scene where Salt tries to [[spoiler:seduce Winter in order to be let in the bunker]].
14	* RetroactiveRecognition: [[Series/BrooklynNineNine Raymond Holt]] appears as the Secretary of Defense in the bunker.
15	* ShockingMoments: Many of the twists in the movie can be considered this, particularly the revelation that [[spoiler:Winter is also a Russian agent.]]
16	* TheUntwist: In the final scenes [[spoiler: was anyone surprised to find out that the Russian president had ''not'' been killed?]]
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Context YMMV / Salt