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The Sentinel details
| Formats: | 12 DVD, Blu-ray |
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| Starring: | Blair Brown, David Ras, Martin Donovan, David Rasche, Kim Basinger, Kiefer Sutherland, Ritchie Coster, Eva Longoria, Michael Douglas, Blair B |
| Director: | Clark Johnson |
| Genres: | Drama - General, Thriller |
| Studio: | 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Collections: | Top 400 All-Time Rentals |
| Name | Discs | |
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The Sentinel |
12 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 48 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 29 Jan 2007 |
| Main languages: | English, English Audio Description |
| Hearing impaired subtitles: | English |
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Rubbish
By Steven Wilkins from Brighton , 13 Mar 2007[Highly rated reviewer]
Sentinel...a slick American political thriller, based around the Secret Service and the protection of the American President. When top agent (Douglas)is framed for an inside plot to assainate the president, He uses his elite training to avert arrest and sets out to clear his name and find the real villains behind the plot. Hot in pursuit is his old friend and ex protege student (Sutherland) teamed with his new hotshot rookie and token eye candy played by Eva longoria of Desperate housewives fame.
Sentinel starts off well enough. It offers a nice perspective on how the secret service work, and feels authentic. It's stylishly filmed and grips from the off. You can sense unrest and feel the tension as the secret service work relentlessy around the president to ensure his safety, and avert any potential danger.
Despite all this,it still wreaks of other films in it's genre.Think 24 series 1 or The Fugitive, and your not far off, Albeit it is not in the same league as the afforementioned.
It quickly spirals into a VERY predictable story.The tension is all too soon lost, and there are no twists or turns to even make it slightly original or interesting. Sutherland is underused and is wasted in this roll. The 'baddies' are non-descript, typecast,cut and paste from any relatively similar film. The ending is diabolical and you will feel very 'is that it?' once the credits roll. The whole thing feels patchy and loses it's direction half way through.It all starts so stylishly well, and could have been something special, but sadly this effort will be all to quickly forgotten.
Roll on 24 the movie...- Was this review helpful to you?
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(329)Good watchable thriller
By Bobsview (554 reviews) from Gloucestershire , 31 Mar 2013Michael Douglas political thriller. Plot to assassinate the President of USA while meanwhile Douglas is having an affair with the first lady. A good watchable film.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Trust the President, he knows what he's doing.
By PWM71 (37 reviews) from Birmingham , 28 Jan 2013[Highly rated reviewer]
This was a pretty enjoyable thriller based around an infiltration of the Secret Service. I think the fact that Keifer Sutherland was co-starring was good and bad. Good because his performance as always is brilliant, bad because you expect him to break into '24' mode at any time. There are a few decent plot twists (although you should see the big one coming from pretty early on) The leads are great, especially David Rasche as the President. 'I guess you can trust him, he knows what he's doing'. A pretty efficient thriller all in all and would certainly recommend it.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Not a bad effort...
By a customer from OXON , 06 Dec 2011When America goes overboard with their nationalistic political films such as this, they can be a bit vomit inducing. This one was always going to be borderline vomit but for me, it was OK due to the engaging actors and overall action. The trumpet solos are still there - even playing the same tune they do in every single film of this genre..!- Was this review helpful to you?
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Enjoyable film, good cast
By a customer , 03 Oct 2011Thoroughly enjoyable film, this is the 2nd time I have seen it and still thought it was very entertaining, good cast, good plot. Worth a watch.- Was this review helpful to you?
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The Sentinal
By a customer , 02 Oct 2011All a bit stiff and formal, not Michael or Kim's best work me thinks, I quite enjoyed it in a 'slobbed on the sofa coudn't be bothered to do anything about it' sort of way but wouldn't recommend it- Was this review helpful to you?
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