This week’s “Salt,” starring Angelina Jolie and the talented Liev Schreiber, was enticing to say the least. What man doesn’t want to see Angelina kick butt?

Having said that, I enjoyed it as an action spy movie, but it was difficult finding a believable plot.

Jolie plays Evelyn Salt, a CIA operative who gets accused of being a double agent for the Russians.

She spends the entire film trying to elude capture and to prove she is loyal to the United States.

She manages to portray, in rapid succession, the hero and the villain throughout.

I purposely avoided reading any reviews for “Salt” prior to seeing it. I figured they would do the obligatory comparisons to Matt Damon’s “The Bourne” series, or to Jolie’s previous film “Wanted” (2008). Had I listened to the critics, I might have learned they were right.

Don’t get me wrong, I loved “The Bourne” series and wish there were plans for future movies, so going to see this film was an easy choice.

Jolie, having done some of her own stunts in the film, proved she can hang with the big boys in the male-dominated spy world.

“Salt” was directed by Phillip Noyce, who is no stranger to spy films, having directed the Jack Ryan series, “Clear and Present Danger,” and “Patriot Games.”

Noyce also has worked with Jolie in the 1999 film “The Bone Collector.

Although the storyline might leave you filled with, “C’mon! That is so unbelievable!,” the sequences with Jolie turning everyday items into weapons are classic.

There’s an intense chase scene in which she jumps from truck to truck that kept the audience thrilled.

If you go into this hoping to see classic spy action excitement, this film fills won’t disappoint.

Cunningham is a film buff from Stockton, Ill., who is occasionally writing movie reviews for the TH.