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Salt and Fire

Salt and Fire (2016)

December. 07,2016
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4.2
| Drama Thriller

A scientist blames the head of a large company for an ecological disaster in South America. But when a volcano begins to show signs of erupting, they must unite to avoid a disaster.

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Lawbolisted
2016/12/07

Powerful

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JinRoz
2016/12/08

For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!

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HeadlinesExotic
2016/12/09

Boring

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Jonah Abbott
2016/12/10

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

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jeannejohnsey
2016/12/11

I'm a Michael Shannon fan. He has been in some unusual movies, so I'm willing to go along for the ride. This one, however, did not take me anywhere. I kept waiting for the movie to reveal something that would make it worth the suspense, especially since Shannon's character kept telling the captive scientist that it would all fall into place. One thing that didn't make sense to me was: if he was mad at a global corporation for destroying the planet, why not pick someone who had a hand in creating the problem? Why pick a person who was trying to fix the problem? Seems to me that if he had approached her at the airport and told her his beef, she'd have agreed with him. Beside, she didn't have it in her power to do anything to stop the corporate destruction. I gave it a 2 instead of a one, because I hate to say any movie is awful.

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jhawk38-2
2016/12/12

I began watching this film because I've always found Garcia Bernal an interesting actor. The beginning of the film was mysterious enough to hold my attention, but as it progressed, I found my interest waning. At about the halfway point I felt I had already invested so much time I couldn't stop watching. Then, as it progressed even further, I realized the only thing continuing to hold my attention was Veronica Ferres. That woman must have the longest legs in the world! Herzog needs to realize that presenting intellectual concepts in dramatic movie format must be dealt with very carefully or it becomes all too easy for the plot to become really boring!

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flemur13013
2016/12/13

Why kidnap someone? So they'll write an impassioned article with more than just data! What is the kidnapped woman going to write an impassioned article about? Dunno! The salt flats and the volcano existed before humans got there, but apparently the kidnapper doesn't know this, and thinks he did something to cause the salt flats, so he needs an impassioned article about why he's a jerk even though he's not a jerk except for kidnapping people for no good reason.The paramilitary guys standing around looking serious in their ski masks all over the place for no apparent reason were funny.Best part of the movie: reading about the salt flats and volcano on the internet after the movie was over; it's a strange part of the world.

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escctrlshift
2016/12/14

July 18, 2017, my house. Watching Netflix. The new Herzog offering is about volcanoes (duh!). The man is obsessed with rivers of water and rivers of fire. He loves the smell of sulphur. He must be Lucifer himself. Or he kinda wants to be. Whatever.The actress looks great for my age, but too much botox. The writing and acting are lethargic. They are listless, torpid, moribund...I think I put that quite well, didn't I? Anyway, the only thing new for me here is the actress. And she's old. It's the Herzog name. It's a terrible film, but it's like taking up smoking again just for one night, and puffing through a pack of Marlboro Lites. You can do it, because you believe it felt good once, and still believe it can feel good again, like attempted onanism in rush hour traffic when neither mind nor body is really willing. It's a stretch but if it's a really bad rush hour and the radio is broken and your cell charger is missing and your phone is dead and....so you keep trying until you cwm out of desperation, and boredom. That's what watching this film is like. If sleep is not an option (ie., as in the rush-hour-traffic metaphor above), then give this film a try. Mine this Neflick for all it's worth, with every flick of the wrist, its value increases, provided you can concentrate hard enough on, for example, the casting decisions as those relate to the lead actress's face and figure. And then rate it 8 stars, just because...your point-and-click finger kept slipping, again, and again, and again, and again... while you tried desperately to give it a passing grade (six stars and up)...and then accidentally, thoughtlessly submitted the l̶o̶a̶d̶, review with a dinky rating of five piddly stars.Oooopsie.

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