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The Sentinel (2006)
Rated: 12A
Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins
Theatrical Release: 01-09-2006
Synopsis: Pete Garrison is a U.S. Secret Service agent who saved a president's life by jumping in front of a hail of bullets, over twenty years ago. Well-liked and respected by his colleagues in the Secret Service, Garrison is a career agent who now heads the First Lady's detail. He lives in a... Pete Garrison is a U.S. Secret Service agent who saved a president's life by jumping in front of a hail of bullets, over twenty years ago. Well-liked and respected by his colleagues in the Secret Service, Garrison is a career agent who now heads the First Lady's detail. He lives in a high-level, orderly world of hierarchical structure, plans, maps, motorcades, code names, lingo and procedures. It's a universe that makes sense, until secrets begin to tear it apart. Pete's fellow agent and friend, Charlie Merriweather, hints at wanting to share critical and confidential information. Before that can happen, however, Merriweather is shot dead at his house in a crime that is made to look like a botched robbery. The investigation falls to the Secret Service's top investigative agent, David Breckinridge, a volatile combination of by-the-book and hothead, Garrison's protégé, and, until recently one of Garrison's best friends. Breckinridge follows the evidence and only the evidence and scrupulously tries to avoid working from his gut. That's what being a great investigator requires. Garrison, as perhaps the greatest protective agent in the service, often has to work from gut, from pure instinct. In protective work that is often all you have. Garrison's and Breckinridge's recent falling out was triggered by Breckinridge's mistaken belief that Garrison was having an affair with Breckinridge's now ex-wife. Jill Marin, a tough, sassy and ambitious young agent who just graduated second in her class at the Secret Service Academy, arrives for her first field posting. She has requested a work detail with Breckinridge because Garrison, while leading a field instruction exercise at the Academy told Jill that Breckinridge was the best investigator in the entire Service. Together the trio begins to uncover what appears to be an inside job to assassinate the president – a traitor in the ranks of the Secret Service. It's never happened in the institution's 141-year history. Suspicion ultimately falls on Garrison, who's going to find it extremely difficult to clear his name because someone is framing him. Whoever is framing Garrison knows he's vulnerable because he's devoting considerable effort to hiding a monumental secret. Suspected of being treasonous, Garrison goes on the run, pursued by Breckinridge and Marin – his own colleagues – as he tries to nail the real mole and save the president's life. --© 20th Century Fox [More]
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Kiefer Sutherland, Kim Basinger, Michael Douglas, Martin Donovan, Blair Brown
Screenwriter: George Nolfi
Producer: Michael Douglas, Arnon Milchan, Bill Carraro
Composer: Christophe Beck
DVD Info
Release:
Jan 2, 2008
Blu-ray Disc Features:
- Keep Case
- Widescreen - 2.35
Audio:
- 5.1 DTS HD Master Audio - English
- Dolby Digital 5.1 - French, Spanish
- Subtitles - English, Spanish - Optional
Additional Release Material:
- Alternate Scenes - 1. Deleted Scenes (w/ Commentary)
- 2. Alternate Ending
- Audio Commentaries - Clark Johnson - Director; George Nolfi - Screenwriter
- Behind the Scenes - 1. Making of: "The Mall"
- 2. Making of: "G8 Summit"
- Documentaries - 1. "The Secret Service: Building on a Tradition of Excellence"
- 2. "In the President's Shadow: Protecting The President"
- 3. Secret Service Intel Featurette
- Trailers - 1. High Definition Theatrical Trailers
- 2. Theatrical Trailer
Reviews
Entertaining, certainly, and even the casual moviegoer will have seen worse this year, but this is one of those films you'll forget you've seen within six months.
The story is as compelling as watching the ink dry on a superfluous UN treaty.
More Shadow Conspiracy than In The Line Of Fire, this suffers from serious quality control issues. If you’re looking for superior suspense, buy a 24 box set instead.
Basically, it's a treat for fans of 24 and Desperate Housewives to see Jack Bauer running around with Gabrielle Solis - they make a great double act and should be given their own show immediately.
It may be slick and entertaining, but this is also one of the most careless political thrillers ever made.
Douglas possesses an everyman appeal that is used to good effect in this movie to keep the audience securely on his side.
The fast-food of the genre - it "gets the job done" and fills you up, but the hunger for more will undoubtedly return sooner rather than later.
If it weren't for the clout of its two leading men, The Sentinel would be nothing more than a made-for-cable or direct-to-DVD feature.
It's somewhat predictable and uses many cliche devices, but it keeps the audience guessing at least part of the time.
Um bom thriller que se compromete em sua metade final, quando tenta recriar a dinâmica de O Fugitivo.
It's a shame that "The Sentinel" wastes its intelligent façade, because with all the unthrilling thrillers that have come and gone from movie screens, this one might have been worth something.
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