The Sentinel

2006
12A
1h 48m

IMDb RATING

6.1/10

56K

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Political Thriller Spy Action Crime Thriller

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 Servic... Read allA 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.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
Writers
- George Nolfi
- Gerald Petievich
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.1/10

56K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

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Director
- Clark Johnson
Writers
- George Nolfi
- Gerald Petievich
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 nominations total

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Trivia
In one of the behind-the-scenes featurettes for the film, a Secret Service consultant to the production stated that actress 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.

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.

Quotes
Pete Garrison: You want to shoot me? Forget about the Kevlar. Shoot me in my face!

Connections
Featured in The Secret Service: Building on a Tradition of Excellence (2006)

Soundtracks
I Got Peace Like a River
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Featured review

7/10

Gordon Gekko goes Secret Service

It's been 19 years since Gordon Gekko used "Wall Street" to let us know that greed is good. Now, Michael Douglas takes the GG persona and morphs it into a Secret Service agent, Pete Garrison. Guess what? It works! This is a solid political thriller that kept me guessing. The detail work in showing the security precautions taken by the SS on behalf of the President and First Lady was likewise intriguing. All the leads were pretty good but, try as I might, I could not accept Eva Longoria as a Secret Service agent. Whereas Jodie Foster just made you suspend belief and really think she was FBI agent Starling in "Silence of the Lambs", you do not get the same feeling with Longoria. Nevertheless, this is a fun film, escapist entertainment with the Beltway as the backdrop.