adonis98-743-186503 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. Michael Shannon's epic downfall continues with 'Salt and Fire' a movie that says nothing and pretty much does nothing either. The acting i can't say that was that good either alongside the story as well of course. Gael Garcia Bernal's role could have been played by pretty much everyone as well. Overall i'd say just skip it and watch anything else that you can possibly find... (0/10)

tania groth I don't believe I have ever seen a movie this poorly put together and acted. And the music! The music was weird and completely out of place. And the strangest of all...I wonder how Herzog ever got Lawrence Krauss, a world renown theoretical physicist to act in this bomb! It is simply beyond me. My respect for both have declined I'm afraid. Sorry to have wasted time on this... phew! what a stinker!

jhawk38-2 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!

Michael Ledo This review contains the plot spoiler in the film's own description used by Amazon. The opening scene we see Dr. Laura Summerfeld, cuffed, and blindfolded. The film then digresses 30 hours as we see her and two colleges fly in a plane and they all get kidnapped, taking us up to where we were. Why the flashback? I have no idea. One of the bad guys in a ski mask wears glasses and sits in a wheel chair. One of the guys she meets at the airport wears glasses and sits in a wheel chair. Once Laura's blindfold is removed, umm...Yeah, they thought it was stupid too. The 3 scientists are to survey an ecological disaster that destroyed a lake and is causing a salt flat to spread...soon it will encompass the world, we are told, although this salt flat is on an island so I had trouble with the math on that one. Oh yeah, volcano that will explode and kill the planet, some talk of aliens who like western fat chicks as predicted by Nostradamus or something. The dialogue was very idiotic attempting to go deep. And then Laura ends up on the salt flat with two blind boys. The whole kidnapping thing was idiotic. It sounded like they were playing Islamic prayer calls in this South America "desert" as background music. I kept thinking this was near Morocco or something. (Filmed in Bolivia). Plot didn't make sense. Film was slow moving. Acting was just a phone call away.