Its not uncommon for some movies to have a dull start but redeem themselves at some later point. Watching Salt and Fire was a lesson in keeping expectations low with the understanding that bad starts can get even worse as a film progresses. The movie was generally disrespectful of any regard for the viewer's time and was painstaking in both its progression and revelation of the plot. It was nothing more than a brief bout of insomnia that kept me watching. OK, I'll be honest; I was also curious as to whether the entire movie was as dull as start. The acting was poor; detrimentally so to the career actors and no less damaging to the aspiring ones. Perhaps the worst of the lot was the character played by Krauss. It felt almost as if Laurence's agent begged for him to somehow have a role in some movie, any movie. The role, the character, totally mind-boggling, ultimately nonsensical but undoubtedly befitting the man himself. You need to be both patient and curious to watch this. You need to not have regrets over 98 minutes of your life being lost as this was a choice you made. How, or more importantly, why, such films are made are questions which linger in my head. The budget could have been better spent making public service advertisements.
Review of Salt and Fire
