Releasing the superior cut of a smash hit spy thriller might have stopped the sequel vanishing into thin air

Blockbuster spy thrillers were given a huge shot in the arm in the 2000s, thanks largely to the unstoppable triumvirate of JBs. 24, The Bourne Identity, and Casino Royale launched Jack Bauer, Jason Bourne, and James Bond back into the limelight, but Angelina Jolie’s Salt proved that she was more than capable of taking on the genre’s titans at their own game.

The $130 million globetrotting actioner was originally written with Tom Cruise in mind for the lead role, but Jolie proved to be more than an adequate replacement. Of course, the Academy Award winner had already proven her ass-kicking chops several times over, so the only real surprise about director Phillip Noyce’s espionage adventure was that it didn’t get a sequel.

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