The Sentinel (2006 film)

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The Sentinel
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Directed by Clark Johnson
Produced by Michael Douglas
Marcy Drogin
Arnon Milchan
Written by George Nolfi
Gerald Petievich (Novel)
Starring Michael Douglas
Kiefer Sutherland
Eva Longoria
Martin Donovan
Kim Basinger
Music by Christophe Beck
Cinematography Gabriel Beristain
Editing by Cindy Mollo
Studio Regency Enterprises
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release dates April 21, 2006 (2006-04-21)
Running time 108 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $60 million
Box office $78,084,827 [1]








Breckinridge gets the drop on Garrison but refuses to kill him, despite giving other agents "shoot to kill" orders. Using his contacts with sympathetic agents and family members, Garrison tracks down the location of one of the assassins, and learns they are headed to Toronto to attack the president at the G8 summit. After killing the assassin and finding incriminating evidence in the apartment, Garrison tells Marin of the discovery, but later finds that the evidence and body of the assassin was removed before she arrived.

The First Lady discloses her affair with Garrison to Breckinridge, who now believes that Garrison is innocent. Together in Toronto, they discover the identity of the assassins and the mole, senior agent William Montrose (Martin Donovan), who was never polygraphed. Montrose is in charge of directing security at the G8 summit.


On the night of the President's speech, Breckinridge and Garrison race to the summit. The assassins, dressed as Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) ERT operators, kill several agents and try to kill the President. Montrose reveals he is the mole to the President, despite the assassin's threats against Montrose's family. Montrose then purposely walks in front of and is ultimately killed by one of the assassins in the stairwell.

Garrison, Breckinridge and Marin kill the remaining disguised assassins while safely bringing the President and First Lady up to the summit to be evacuated. With all of his accomplices dead, The Handler comes forward dressed as an RCMP officer personally to kill the President and First Lady. He grabs Sarah hostage and aims his pistol to shoot the President, but Garrison shoots him dead.

In spite of the events, Garrison is forced to take an early retirement due to the disclosure of the affair with the First Lady, who looks on sadly from her window as Garrison leaves the White House. He does, however, make peace with Breckinridge, who finally realizes that Garrison never slept with his wife. Breckinridge tells Garrison that he is meeting her later on to talk things over.


Critical reception[edit]

The film received generally poor reviews, scoring 34% on Rotten Tomatoes.[3] The BBC review described it as being "as compelling as watching the ink dry on a superfluous UN treaty".[citation needed] Some other reviewers, such as one from the Los Angeles Times, enjoyed the film.[4]


DVD releases[edit]

DVD Name Region 1 Region 2
The Sentinel August 29, 2006 January 29, 2007


  2. ^ "Movie Overview: 'The Sentinel'". New York Times. 
  4. ^ "'The Sentinel' - MOVIE REVIEW". Los Angeles Times. 

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