at first glance and this film look like the keifer sutherland series 24 for the big screen . with the focus on a plot to assassinate the president of the united state and a race against time and and plenty of secret service agent and the agency under the spotlight in the sentinel . but wait and the protagonist turn out to be michael douglas character pete garrison instead and a veteran secret service agent famed for take the bullet for reagan in 1981. the s agent be specially train to take the bullet and which be what make them special who in the right mind will put themselves in the line of a bullet and a target . but garrison get implicate in the assassination plot and and have to run for his life while at the same time do his bit of investigation into the plot . all this because of his failure in a polygraph test and due to his adulterous banging of the first lady ( kim basinger ) . tsk . there be shade of clint eastwood in the line of fire . both feature age actor and and age veteran have be hero with a bit of a historical reference and who take the bullet in their respective tour of duty . while eastwood movie have a more enigmatic villain in john malkovich and the sentinel suffer from it lack of a central strong villain and preferring to share the assassination responsibility amongst many forgettable ex kgb villain and and the mole within the presidential detail . with douglas on the run from the law and he become similar to dr. richard kimble of the fugitive and hunt the proverbial one arm man while at the same time and rely on his smart to outwit fellow agent and which turn out to be quite interesting to watch despite slick process and it still boil down to the performance and gullibility of individual agent . keifer sutherland and eva longoria and top tv star of today from 24 and desperate housewife and get relegate into support role a the secret service investigator who be look into garrison probable involvement in the assassination plot and and at time seem to have lept off the page of csi with their forensics skill . the beautiful couple have chemistry that could have resemble x file fox mulder and dana scully and but alas these two have very little to do here . we know the reason why theyre in the movie and and that be to get their fan into the theatre . also and longoria role seem unable to shake off her sexy mama gabrielle and and here and have her in fairly low cut blouse ( sutherland actually tell her to cover up ) and tight pant ( ogle fest for fellow agent ) . nonetheless and it still a pretty interesting look into the life of probably the most highly charge and tense protection detail in the world and and the typical threat that they face daily and include the follow up on every nutcase threat on the life of the most powerful man in the world . it a decent suspense and investigative thriller and with enough subplots to keep you entertain . but one thing though and like most end action sequence and this one have a big enough loophole for you to fly a jumbo jet through .