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 Cast/Crew Details Courtesy Internet Movie Database Production (US): Columbia Pictures, Relativity Media, Di Bonaventura Pictures, Wintergreen Productions Distribution (US): Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Director(s): Phillip Noyce Producer(s): William M. Connor, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Samuel Dickerman, Ric Kidney, Paul A. Levin, Hannah Minghella, Sunil Perkash, Mark Vahradian Writing Credits: Kurt Wimmer Cinematography/Camera: Robert Elswit Music: James Newton Howard Film Editing: Stuart Baird, John Gilroy Casting: Avy Kaufman Production Design: Scott Chambliss Art Direction: Teresa Carriker-Thayer Viewed on Sony Pictures Home Entertainment DVD  A PG-13 can't get much more "R" than this. At least 27 murders and enough violence to choke an enraged badger. Salt is R-equivalent in everything but Sexual Immorality (S) and Drugs/Alcohol (DO. It is PG-13 equivalent in Drugs/Aocohol (D) and solid G-equivalent in Sexual Immorality (S). Salt is another spy flick but this time without Sean Connery and without the "007" and it is based on this side of the big pond in the Big Apple. Angelina Jolie offers a strikingly different dimension to the spy genre as Evelyn Salt, a CIA agent who plays both sides of the fence but one side more than the other. Or is it that she has found a third side of the fence to play? Her partner, Ted Winter (Liev Schreiber) also plays both sides of the fence. Is there no one in the CIA who does not play both sides of the fence? You'll see ... if you watch this extraordinarily violent flick. Conditioned as a child, Salt is programmed to serve her Russian programmer. Her program is to destroy America from within. But fast forward to the present, Salt is one of the most intelligent and most effective agents of the CIA force. Pretending to work for some company Salt is captured by the North Koreans and is brutally tortured to admit she is a spy until her husband, Mike Krause (August Diehl) hounds US authorities enough for them to submit to an exchange. With Salt back on staff in New York, a Russian defector, Orlov (Daniel Olbrychski) appears with news that the Russian President, Matveyev (Olek Krupa), in New York to attend the funeral of his friend the US Vice President, is going to be assassinated by Russian KA Agent Chenkov. And he reveals who is Chenkov. I'll not tell you who Chenkov turns out to be because it would spoil too much of the plot should you opt to watch this movie (but I will tell you Salt saves the world from nuclear annihilation). Now to the main reason most of you visit our pages - the truth about the content. Wanton Violence/Crime (W) - Zero out of 100 This film presents at least 50 instances of violence per hour, nearly once per minute, often many in a minute. There is no doubt the violence content is equivalent to the violence content of most R-rated films. Beatings. Assaults. Torture. Frequent action violence of varying intensities. Daredevil antics. Gunfire to kill. Dead bodies galore. Though the blood does not flow that much and the guts of a victim are not splattered on the wall by bullets, the magnitude of the total package is clearly equivalent to the content of almost any R-rated film. The MPAA has it wrong again thinking that editing out the blood and guts makes the film more acceptable for the teen crowd. remember what we have been telling you for years now -- that it is not so much the act of violence that influences the young mind as much as the attitude portrayed by the perpetrator: that one who, for example, shoots a victim expresses cold arrogance and even lust in the killing is more damaging to the observer than seeing a couple actors "kill" each other. Watching a bullet drill a hole in a body is damaging enough but seeing the attitude of the shooter can be more damaging. You've probably seen me apply Prov. 16:29 to violence over and over and you will probably see it again if you continue to utilize our services, but the perfect fit of Prov 16:29 to such cinematic display is timeless. Especially since the American professional health community has finally agreed with God whether they know it or not. Impudence/Hate (I) - 28 out of 100 The full gambit of profanity is used in this film. Oratory humility is absent. Someone utters some form of profanity 12 times plus the most foul of the foul words at least twice. God advises us that corrosive speech is inadvisable [Prov. 8:13] since there is a consequence for using it and especially for causing our youth to speak likewise [Luke 17:2, Matt. 25:40] Sexual Immorality (S) - 93 out of 100 The only issues of sexual nature are some of the first scenes with Jolie in underwear ... and blood and when she removed her panties to cover a surveillance camera lens. While "nothing" is seen these displays still drew attention to the private parts of the female body. Note that many of the sexually oriented scenes in the trailer were not in the movie. Drugs/Alcohol (D) - 67 out of 100 A pack of cigarettes was offered to the Russian defector. Once scene during the search for Salt's husband displayed a bottle of beer. But the strongest display of alcohol and drinking of it was as the Russians celebrated with booze, ostensibly vodka. To celebrate with booze is dangerous in and as entertainment since it places drinking in a positive light, a matter advised against by the American College of physicians. The 2002 study by the American College of Physicians (ACP) revealed that adolescent exposure to drinking in and as entertainment undeniably leads to abuse of alcohol among underage viewers. The finding entitled Relation Between Parental Restrictions on Movies and Adolescent Use of Tobacco and Alcohol reports that of 4544 youths from grades 5 through 8 of fifteen Vermont and New Hampshire middle schools (90% of the youths were under fourteen years old) only 16% were completely restricted in their entertainment diets. Within the ACP study population, the prevalence of having tried alcohol without parental knowledge was • 46% for those with no viewing restrictions • 16% for those with partial viewing restrictions • four percent for those with complete viewing restrictions. [Eph. 5:18, Luke 1:15, Prov. 20:1] Offense to God (O) - Zero out of 100 Not only does God warn against excess with alcohol AND against enticing youth with it, He strongly warns about using His name in vain in Deut. 5:11. This film uses His name in vain 12 times, seven with the four letter expletive. "In vain." What does that mean? "Vain" is shav {shawv}: emptiness, nothingness, vanity, such as an expletive. With or without the four letter expletive, the use of God's name in any way other than in prayer, with respect or reverence or in responsible discussion is in vain. That includes the popular three syllable sentence with His name trailing it AND the misuse of Jesus' name or title. So, trying to excuse such expressions with "I was talking TO God/Jesus/Christ when I said that" or "It's just words" or "I was acting" or "I was quoting" will not work with God. While God's name was spoken in vain many times, there were no noted instances of occultism, cultism, witchcraft, sorcery or the like. Murder/Suicide (M) - Zero out of 100 Murder? Yes. At least 27 times. SCRIPTURAL APPLICATION(S) If needed to focus or fortify, applicable text is underlined or bracketed [ ] or bold. If you wish to have full context available, the Blue Letter Bible is a convenient source. If you use the Blue Letter Bible, a new window will open. Close it to return here or use "Window" in your browser's menu bar to alternate between the CAP page and the Blue Letter Bible page. CHAPTER/VERSE ***Selected Scriptures of Armour against the influence of the entertainment industry*** As always, it is best to refer to the Findings/Scoring section -- the heart of the CAP analysis model -- for the most complete assessment possible of this movie. |
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 Wanton Violence/Crime (W) - Zero out of 100 Impudence/Hate (I) - 28 out of 100 Sexual Immorality (S) - 93 out of 100 Drugs/Alcohol (D) - 7967 out of 100 Offense to God (O) - Zero out of 100 Murder/Suicide (M) - Zero out of 100 |
| There are some in the entertainment industry who maintain that 1) violent programming is harmless because no studies exist that prove a connection between violent entertainment and aggressive behavior in children, and 2) young people know that television, movies, and video games are simply fantasy. Unfortunately, they are wrong on both accounts." And "Viewing violence may lead to real life violence." I applaud these associations for fortifying 1 Cor. 15:33. Read the rest of the story. From our years of study, I contend that other aberrant behaviors, attitudes, and expressions can be inserted in place of "violence" in that statement. Our Director - Child Psychology Support, a licensed psychologist and certified school psychologist concurs. For example, "Viewing arrogance against fair authority may lead to your kids defying you in real life." Or "Viewing sex may lead to sex in real life." Likewise and especially with impudence, hate and foul language. I further contend that any positive behavior can be inserted in place of "violence" with the same chance or likelihood of being a behavior template for the observer; of being incorporated into the behavior mechanics and/or coping skills of the observer. In choosing your entertainment, please consider carefully the "rest of the story" and our findings. |
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