The Sentinel (2006)

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The Sentinel (Widescreen Edition)
DVD Price: $9.99
As of Jan 7 8:50 EST (details)


Directed by	Clark Johnson
Cast	Michael Douglas, Kiefer Sutherland, Kim Basinger, Eva Longoria Parker, Martin Donovan, Blair Brown, Paul Calderon, David Rasche and Gloria Reuben
Theatrical Release	April 21, 2006
DVD Release	August 29, 2006
Running Time	108 minutes
MPAA Rating	PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
UPC Code	024543266020
Buy this item	$9.99 at Amazon.com As of Jan 7 8:50 EST (details) 1 DVD, Sentinel, Usually ships in 24 hours, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Languages: English (Original Language - Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Dubbed - Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dubbed - Dolby Digital 2.1), Spanish (Dubbed - Dolby Digital 2.1) Or 60 new from $2.93, 162 used from $0.01

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(100 reviews)

"Secret" Service

a day in the life of an unrealistic Secret Service Agent and His protectee,Hillary Clinton needed this guy. November 17, 2008

review

Good show. Worth the price. One of those movies I will watch again and again. September 15, 2008

One good movie

The DVD arrived safely and I am enjoying watching it. I think it is one good movie. July 5, 2008

Plain vanilla thriller

The most interesting thing shown in this thriller is the current technology used to lift fingerprints from an object--and that actually IS interesting. But to begin with, the whole Secret Service thing was done before in Clint Eastwood's tremendously superior movie In the Line of Fire. Among other things, the featurettes provided in this DVD essentially echo what's included in the Eastwood movie DVD (in fact, In the Line of Fire's featurettes are superior also).

The plot of The Sentinel is really standard and you can basically spot the bad guy almost right from the get-go. Stock characters and plotting do not make for a gripping time at the movies. This is kind of fun to watch, hence the three stars, but certainly not top-drawer entertainment.

We have the tried and true experienced agent (Michael Douglas); we have his friend who's no longer his real friend because of a personal matter (Kiefer Sutherland); we have the hotshot rookie agent (Eva Longoria); we have the anonymous bad guys (actors whose names we haven't heard before); we have the surprisingly sexy first lady (Kim Basinger)...well, you get the idea.

Somebody's out to kill the president (whoa. now THERE'S a plot device I haven't come across until now), and all kinds of foreign nasty people are potentially involved--drug dealers, terrorists, you name it.

Yawn. But at least the action parts are pretty good, so you don't completely fall asleep while watching. It's OK.

It's just that it ain't any better than OK. January 30, 2008

Good action/adventure flick...

I thought this was a good action/adventure flick. It had a little too much soap opera side story to it, but over all it was exciting, well-paced with some twists. I would recommend it for action/adventure fans. September 29, 2007

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