Salt 2 (2025)

Starring: Angelina Jolie
Directed by: Phillip Noyce
Studio: Columbia Pictures / Sony Pictures
Genre: Action | Thriller | Spy
Release Date: October 3, 2025

Fifteen years after the explosive events of Salt (2010), Evelyn Salt (Angelina Jolie) resurfaces from the shadows in Salt 2 (2025), a globe-trotting spy thriller that redefines the genre. Having cleared her name as a Russian sleeper agent, Salt has lived as a ghost, dismantling covert spy networks across Europe and Asia. But when a new wave of sleeper operatives—known as “The Black Widows”—emerges, orchestrating assassinations of political leaders to ignite global conflict, Salt is forced back into the spotlight.

The CIA, still divided over whether Salt is truly loyal, assigns a young counterintelligence officer to shadow her every move. Torn between mistrust and admiration, he quickly realizes that only Salt has the cunning, instincts, and ruthlessness to prevent a catastrophic war. From Berlin’s underground bunkers to the skyscrapers of Shanghai, the action is relentless: motorcycle chases through rain-soaked alleys, rooftop combat across neon skylines, and a brutal infiltration of a nuclear facility in Eastern Europe.

Angelina Jolie delivers a powerhouse performance—gritty, vulnerable, and lethal—reminding audiences why Evelyn Salt became one of cinema’s most iconic spies. The film also delves deeper into Salt’s psyche, exploring her guilt, trauma, and the impossible choices she faces when every ally could be an enemy.

In the climactic twist, Salt discovers that the mastermind behind The Black Widows is none other than a former CIA handler who secretly ran both American and Russian operatives. Forced into a devastating choice, Salt stages her own betrayal to infiltrate the Widows fully—only to reveal in the final act that she had been orchestrating a triple-cross from the beginning. The shocking finale sees Salt dismantle the Widows’ entire network, but at the cost of returning once more to life as a fugitive.

Salt 2 was produced on a budget of approximately $120 million, with massive investment in globe-spanning set pieces and practical stunt work blended with cutting-edge CGI. Filming took place in London, Berlin, and Shanghai, giving the thriller an authentic international scope. Sony Pictures positioned the film as both a sequel and soft reboot, aiming to reignite the franchise for a new era of spy action films.

Projected Worldwide Box Office: $500 million
Rotten Tomatoes Prediction: 79%
IMDb Prediction: 7.3/10

In the end, Salt saves millions of lives but pays the ultimate price—her name forever erased, condemned to wander the world in exile, a weapon without a home.