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The Sentinel (2006) -- 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.
The Sentinel (2006) -- 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.
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Overview

User Rating:
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Director:
Clark Johnson
Writers (WGA):
George Nolfi (screenplay)
Gerald Petievich (novel)
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Release Date:
21 April 2006 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Crime | Thriller more
Tagline:
Let's do this more
Plot:
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 | full synopsis
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Awards:
2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(32 articles)
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User Comments:
Reasonable Idea, Terrible Screenplay more (196 total)
US TV Schedule:
Sat. Nov. 289:00 PMTelemundo   

Cast

  (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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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for some intense action violence and a scene of sensuality.
Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parents
Runtime:
108 min | Philippines:107 min (cut)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital
Certification:
Singapore:PG | UK:12A | Malaysia:U | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Finland:K-11 | Germany:12 | Ireland:12A | South Korea:15 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | 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:U
Filming Locations:
Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, USA more
Company:
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
In the behind-the-scenes featurette, the Secret Service consultant for the movie stated that 'Eva Longoria' far surpassed the other actors in "shooting school". In fact, he remarked that her score would beat about 90% of members of the Secret Service. Longoria mentioned that when she was younger she often accompanied her father to the gun range, so being around and handling guns wasn't new to her. more
Goofs:
Continuity: In the first exterior scenes where Marin and Breckenridge arrive to investigate the murder, she's wearing a tight low-cut black shirt under her jacket; when she comes out of the same house in a later scene (same point in the narrative, during the initial investigation) she's wearing a loose-fitting striped collared shirt under her jacket. more
Quotes:
1st Lady Sarah Ballentine: How do you think it went in there?
Pete Garrison: Excuse me, ma'am, are you talking to me?
1st Lady Sarah Ballentine: Yes.
Pete Garrison: I thought it was, uh, an excellent speech.
1st Lady Sarah Ballentine: One to 10?
Pete Garrison: Ten, ma'am.
1st Lady Sarah Ballentine: You're not a very good liar, Pete.
Pete Garrison: Seriously?
1st Lady Sarah Ballentine: Yes, I- I really want to know.
Pete Garrison: 9.5.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in The DiCaprio Code (2006) more
Soundtrack:
Bullet and a Target more

FAQ

Was the assassin in the mall gunning for Garrison or for Garrison's informant?
Why did the FBI agents jump Garrison in the parking garage?
How could the mole hope to pin the helicopter crash on Garrison when he was in the shootout in the mall at the time?
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User Comments

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20 out of 22 people found the following comment useful.
Reasonable Idea, Terrible Screenplay, 18 January 2007
6/10
Author: Claudio Carvalho from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The veteran agent of the American secret service Pete Garrison (Michael Douglas) saved the life of president Ronald Reagan in the past and became a legend. Presently he is responsible for the personal security of the American president Ballentine (David Rasche) and the first lady Sarah Ballentine (Kim Bassinger), with whom he is having a love affair. When his informer Walter discloses that there is a traitor in the secret service and a plot to kill the president, his former friend David Breckinridge (Kiefer Sutherland) and the chief of the secret service William Montrose (Martin Donovan) are in charge of the investigation and all the agents are submitted to a polygraph test. Due to his situation with Sarah, he is compromised with the results and accused of treachery. He escapes, and in spite of chased by the secret service, he conducts his own investigation trying to find the responsible.

"The Sentinel" has a reasonable idea, of an agent failing in the polygraph test due to his love affair with the first lady, but the screenplay does not have any care for the characters. The running time should be longer and not waste in so many exaggerated details relative to the protection of the American president, and give more attention to the characters. In the end, the story is conventional, badly resolved and with bureaucratic performances of the good cast. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): "Sentinela" ("Sentinel")

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