Rent Salt and Fire (2016)

2.5 of 5 from 74 ratings
1h 33min
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Synopsis:
When a renowned scientist is sent to Bolivia on an urgent mission to analyse a looming environmental catastrophe she along with her colleagues are deceived by a man claiming to be a member of the Ministry of Security and are kidnapped by a mysterious group of masked men. The prisoners are subsequently led down a path of discovery revealing the dark machinations of a global corporation responsible for an ever threatening ecological disaster; their only hope is to unravel the truth.
Actors:
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Directors:
Writers:
Tom Bissell, Werner Herzog
Studio:
Wildstar Sales
Genres:
Action & Adventure, Thrillers
BBFC:
Release Date:
24/04/2017
Run Time:
93 minutes
Languages:
English Dolby Digital 5.1, English Dolby Digital Stereo
Subtitles:
None
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 2.39:1
Colour:
Colour

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Reviews (3) of Salt and Fire

Oh dear... - Salt and Fire review by TE

Spoiler Alert
20/04/2018

Being a Werner Herzog fan I wanted to like this film, but it really is irredeemably awful.

Apart from some occasional stunning scenic shots there is nothing to recommend here.

The script is full of laboured philosophising that would not look out of place in a corny Facebook gif. There is no consistency in the narrative and no comprehensible background to the clumsy environmental 'message'.

It's as if Herzog wasn't sure whether to make a human interest story or a fully fledged allegory. The film ends up somewhere in between...and not in a good way.

3 out of 3 members found this review helpful.

what were you thinking Werner? - Salt and Fire review by MM

Spoiler Alert
16/09/2021

Oh dear what a shambles.

The plot is irredeemably odd - American CEO kidnaps UN delegation (straight off international flight from Europe?), holds them hostage and then takes them to the place where they were going anyway?

The dialogue is clunky, wooden and atrocious. It's full of 2nd rate philosophising and there's shades of white man gone crazy in wild a la Heart of Darkness.

The casting is just bizarre. What is respected astrophysicist Lawrence Krauss doing here? Acting badly that's what. Sometimes in a wheelchair sometimes not, sometimes brandishing a machine gun unconvincingly.

I could go on, but let's just hope this turkey gathers dust on the shelf.

1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.

Hmm, plot makes no sense, but it does look gorgeous - Salt and Fire review by JD

Spoiler Alert
14/04/2022

A UN delegation is kidnapped and one of them is taken to the place she was going to anyway. In many ways this is a typical Herzog film with odd philosophising, random aphorisms and fabulous landscape shots. It's worth watching for those alone and the steam engine graveyard, amazing. What doesn't redeem it is the woeful acting and deliberate ignorance of practical matters such as the Samsung tablet that never needs charged, I want one of those!

It is a vague science fiction morality tale but the science is lazy and makes no sense. Another Werner Herzog film ticked off. Pity he didn't put himself in it.

1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.

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