A decidedly old-fashioned thriller, 'The Sentinel' is smart, but fails to really deliver on thrills...
Michael Douglas is aging Secret Service Agent Pete Garrison who is well respected, largely because he took a bullet during the attempted assassination of President Regan. However, although he's still on Presidential guard duty, he's now having a fling with the current President's wife (Kim Basinger). When a plot to assassinate the President is revealed to lead back to a White House mole, Garrison becomes the main suspect and his former friend David Breckinridge sets out to investigate...
On paper at least, 'The Sentinel' looks like it should be a smarter-than-average thriller, but the reality is a pastiche of 'In The Line Of Fire' and 'The Fugitive', which hugely lets down its quality cast...
'The Sentinel' is due to be released on DVD on January 29.
Kirsten McAlpine
The Sentinel
Date: 23/01/2007
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