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21 April 2006 (USA) moreTagline:
Let's do this morePlot:
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 relentless FBI agent. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
2 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(22 articles)
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Pointless, Z-movie garbage moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Michael Douglas | ... | Pete Garrison | |
| Kiefer Sutherland | ... | David Breckinridge | |
| Eva Longoria Parker | ... | Jill Marin (as Eva Longoria) | |
| Martin Donovan | ... | William Montrose | |
| Ritchie Coster | ... | The Handler | |
| Kim Basinger | ... | 1st Lady Sarah Ballentine | |
| Blair Brown | ... | National Security Advisor | |
| David Rasche | ... | President Ballentine | |
| Kristin Lehman | ... | Cindy Breckinridge | |
| Raynor Scheine | ... | Walter Xavier | |
| Chuck Shamata | ... | Director Overbrook | |
| Paul Calderon | ... | Deputy Director Cortes | |
| Clark Johnson | ... | Charlie Merriweather (as Clarque Johnson) | |
| Raoul Bhaneja | ... | Aziz Hassad | |
| Yanna McIntosh | ... | Teddy Vargas |
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Rated PG-13 for some intense action violence and a scene of sensuality.Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
108 min | Philippines:107 min (cut)Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishColor:
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2.35 : 1 moreCertification:
Singapore:PG | UK:12A | Malaysia:U | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Finland:K-11 | Germany:12 | Ireland:12A | South Korea:15 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Netherlands:MG6 | Argentina:13 | Sweden:11 | Romania:A.G. | USA:PG-13 (certificate #42418) | Australia:M | Denmark:11 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/Manitoba) | Norway:15 | Canada:PG (British Columbia/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | France:UFun Stuff
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The speech heard before the American presidents in the G8 meeting, is held in Swedish, and is finished with the words "... vägnar vill jag tacka er för att ni stödjer Kyoto-protokollet. Tack så mycket.", which means "... I want to thank you for supporting the Kyoto Protocol. Thank you very much". moreGoofs:
Continuity: In the first shot when the presidential helicopter "Marine One" gets hit by the missile, you see the missile and its smoke trail. In the following shot where the helicopter explodes, the smoke trail of the missile is gone. moreQuotes:
[last lines]Pete Garrison: I'm gonna miss it.
David Breckinridge: It's gonna miss you too.
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I Got Peace Like a River moreFAQ
Is "The Sentinel" based on a book?How do they find out that another attempt is going to be made on the President's life at the G8 summit?
Why did the FBI agents jump Garrison in the parking garage?
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The Sentinel represents everything about the soul-lessness of Hollywood and the saddening lack of imagination present in so many movies these days. I cannot possibly think of one good thing about it, it's all so generic, so factory-made and so lazy assembled that it really only exists as an infomercial on how to make money from the unsuspecting, undeserving public.
A plot about a Secret Service Agent planning to assassinate the Prez could well be entertaining. If handled by a good director or caring cast that is. Douglas is the one who is framed. Basinger is the First Lady, with whom he is having an affair (an undeveloped, unresolved plot contrivance). Sutherland is the best pal who believes his guilty because there would be no movie if he didn't. And Longoria is nothing. A woman with a fortune of Maybelline and...that's it. I guess there are less requirements for women when entering the Secret Service. As usual in a film like this the role of the Prez himself is nothing more than a tool, a token and is very badly written.
Clark Johnson's, he who gave us the equally as pathetic SWAT back in 2003, mechanical direction lacks any kind of signature and has all the visual sophistication of a cheap TV-movie. Douglas, Basinger and Sutherland look incredibly bored and phone-in their performances from afar. Eva Longoria, the most over-exposed woman of the 21st Century, is basically only in this to attract to the Desperate Housewives audience. Her role is 100% pointless and she does absolutely nothing to further the plot or add to character development. She barely has 2 lines to rub together. A truly shameless marketing ploy.
If you're a glutton for punishment then don't let me stop you. But it IS time and money you won't be getting back.