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The Sentinel (2006)

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Reviews Counted: 131 Fresh: 44  Rotten:87 Average Rating: 5.1/10
 
Consensus: The Sentinel starts off well enough but quickly wears thin with too many plot holes and conventional action sequences.
 

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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

Director: Clark Johnson
Screenwriter: George Nolfi
Producer: Michael Douglas, Arnon Milchan, Bill Carraro
Composer: Christophe Beck

DVD Info

Release:

Jan 2, 2008

[DVD Details]

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

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12/30/06
Time Out
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3/5

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.

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09/16/06
Joe Utichi
FilmFocus
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2/5

The story is as compelling as watching the ink dry on a superfluous UN treaty.

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09/05/06
Stella Papamichael
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09/02/06
Peter Bradshaw
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09/01/06
David Edwards
Daily Mirror [UK]
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2/5

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.

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09/01/06
Nick De Semlyen
Empire Magazine
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2/5

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.

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08/31/06
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon
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1.5/5

It may be slick and entertaining, but this is also one of the most careless political thrillers ever made.

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07/01/06
Rich Cline
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2/5

An underwhelming political thriller.

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02/14/08
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
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3/4

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07/14/07
Joe Lozito
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Douglas possesses an everyman appeal that is used to good effect in this movie to keep the audience securely on his side.

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07/10/07
Felix Gonzalez Jr.
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way too predictible

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05/27/07
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
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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.

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03/24/07
Brian Tallerico
UGO
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A notch above most such throwaway thrillers.

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02/06/07
Frank Lovece
Film Journal International
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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.

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10/11/06
Russ Breimeier
Christianity Today
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1.5/5

full review in Greek

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10/03/06
Joseph Proimakis
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3.5/5

It's somewhat predictable and uses many cliche devices, but it keeps the audience guessing at least part of the time.

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09/15/06
Kevin Carr
7M Pictures
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3/5

Um bom thriller que se compromete em sua metade final, quando tenta recriar a dinâmica de O Fugitivo.

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09/11/06
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena
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2/5

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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08/29/06
Rory L. Aronsky
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08/04/06
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