'The Sentinel': Smart action, familiar plot
by Eleanor Ringel Gillespie

"The Sentinel" is one of those well-oiled-machine movies from Hollywood that's slick in an inoffensive way, efficient in a give-the-viewers-what-they-want way. It has no personality per se, but that's what a picture like this is all about — a kind of gets-the-job-done professionalism we're seeing less and less these days, and which is harder to bring off than you might think. Read the full review

TO SUM UP
Pete Garrison is the most decorated agent in the history of the Secret Service — the president's last line of defense. But now, wrongly suspected of targeting the president for assassination, Garrison has become the Service's worst nightmare. As he uses his formidable skills to try and prove his innocence and find the real assassin, Garrison is tracked by his equally adept former protégé.

FILM FACTS ...
20th Century Fox
'The Sentinel'

Director: Clark Johnson
Starring: Michael Douglas, Kiefer Sutherland, Eva Longoria, Martin Donovan, Paul Calderon
Run time: 108 minutes
Release date: April 21, 2006
Rating: PG-13 for some intense action violence and a scene of sensuality.
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: B-
"The borrowed plot and one-note characters aside, what's best about The Sentinel is the behind-the-scene peeks (or purported peeks) we get at what it takes to guard the President on a daily basis."

Austin American-Statesman: 3 of 5 stars
"Yes, you've seen this before. On its face, The Sentinel is boilerplate genre stuff... Within those limitations, however, it has a lot to recommend it, not least the exceptional detail in which the secret world of the Secret Service is rendered. "

The Palm Beach Post: C+
"... gives up caring about story in favor of pure gunfire."


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