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The Sentinel (2006) 6.1
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Reviews: 212 user | 161 critic | 32 from Metacritic.com A Secret Service agent is framed as the mole in an assassination attempt on the President. He must clear his name and foil another assassination attempt while on the run from a Secret Service Protective Intelligence Division agent. Director:Clark Johnson |
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Charlie Merriweather
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Special Agent Pete Garrison is convinced that a Neo-Nazi Aryan Disciple has managed to infiltrate the White House. When a White House Agent is murdered, Garrison is framed and blackmailed over an affair with the First Lady Sarah Ballentine. He is relieved of his duties, but Garrison won't stop in trying to prove his innocence, and save the life of the President. While attempting to uncover the person behind it all, he comes into confrontation with his protege, Agent Breckinridge. Written by Anonymous
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In 141 years, there's never been a traitor in the Secret Service.... Until Now.Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for some intense action violence and a scene of sensuality | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
21 April 2006 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$60,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$87,942 (New Zealand) (21 April 2006)Gross:
$3,554,416 (Mexico) (22 September 2006)Company Credits
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Written by Molly Johnson and Steve Mackinnon
Performed by Molly Johnson
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When blonde shooter comes to hideout apartment, his buddy asks him (in what appears to be broken Serbian language): "Oces Pivo" which translates "do you want a beer"... See more »Goofs
The President attends the G8 conference in Toronto. Delegates from Korea, China and India can clearly be seen but these nations are members of the G20 not the G8. See more »Quotes
1st Lady Sarah Ballentine: Pete, they think you're an assassin. They will kill you.See more »
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If You Know LoveWritten by Molly Johnson and Steve Mackinnon
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You'd think Michael Douglas would have learned his lesson by this time, but apparently he hasn't. For even after all the trouble he had with an adulterous romance in "Fatal Attraction," here he is in "The Sentinel" playing the role of Pete Garrison, a veteran secret service agent who's having an affair with none other than the First Lady of the United States. Even worse, when it is discovered that there may be a mole secretly operating in the service, the finger of suspicion begins to point directly at Mr. Garrison. Is he truly the undercover operative working to bring down the President, or is he merely a tool being set up as a convenient fall guy in a plot to rub out the nation's chief executive?
Based on the novel by Gerald Petievich, "The Sentinel" is a decent enough thriller set in the high stakes world of political assassination. Although it frequently strains credibility, gets lost in a maze of cyber/techno mumbo jumbo, and succumbs to a few too many man-on-the-run clichés, the movie still manages to generate enough mystery and suspense to see us through most of its many rough patches. Prime credit goes to Douglas, who after all these years, could clearly do these roles in his sleep, and to Keifer Sutherland, who plays a fellow agent with personal reasons for doubting Garrison's probity and loyalty to the institution. Kim Basinger also does a fine job as the beautiful First Lady torn between duty towards her husband and the man she loves.
You'll probably forget this movie the moment you walk out of the theater, but you should have a reasonably fun time while you're still in your seat.