13) Blind Fury (1989)

13) Blind Fury (1989) Dir: Phillip Noyce Date Released: March 1990 Date Seen: January 17, 2011 Rating: 2.75/5

Or, American Zatoichi, Starring Rutger Hauer as Zatoichi. See my review for the New York Press.

280) Salt (2010)

280) Salt (2010) Dir: Phillip Noyce Date Released: July 2010 Date Seen: September 4, 2010 Rating: 3.25/5

Noyce capably dances around most of the pitfalls of screenwriter/moron Kurt Wimmer's braindead Red Scare-centric scenario by making Salt less about politics than about frenetic motion. The action scenes, in other words, really work. And Angelina Jolie's fun. Good summer flick.