The Sentinel

The Sentinel (2006)

  • 33% of critics liked it
    (134 reviews)

  • 46% of users liked it
    (83,457 ratings)

A man who has devoted himself to serving the leader of the free world is accused of plotting against him in this thriller. Pete Garrison (Michael Douglas) is a veteran Secret Service agent who has had a long and distinguished career helping protect the president of the United States. David… More

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PG-13,
Directed By
Written By
George Nolfi
Genres
Mystery & Suspense, Drama
In Theaters
Apr 21, 2006 Wide
20th Century Fox

Critic Reviews

  • Bill Gallo, Village Voice

    [The film] has more holes than Bush's war plan and employs less fluent English.

  • Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

    Nobody's better than Michael Douglass as playing that guy who makes that big mistake, and then spends the rest of the movie trying to atone for it.

  • Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger

    If you're going to make a movie with the same title as a second-rate horror film, it should at least be as entertaining as that second-rate horror film.

  • Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

    A well-constructed and genuinely tense thriller.

  • Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times

    A fairly by-the-numbers route through shootings, framings, diabolical plots and lots of dark-suited Secret Service types talking frantically into their shirt cuffs. (Watch closely, and you'll figure out pretty early who the bad seed is.)

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Universal D


    "In its 100 plus years of existence no Secret Service guy has ever been a traitor ... ! " or something like that, and therein the entire plot synopsis (in less than 25 words, baby!!!) and you probably can guess the rest of this, er, "thriller". The cast does its… More

  • Jeff "


    The Sentinel is a good action film that has a decent cast. This film is good entertainment, but it could have been much better. The film certainly is good entertainment, but at times it lingers and it just becomes good. The film starts off great, leaves you on the edge of your seat,… More

  • Manu G


    In 141 years, there's never been a traitor in the Secret Service.... Until Now. Saw it again! The movie is very good and it's very fun and the action scenes are very well done, this movie reminded me of the TV series 24. The acting was surprisingly good. Nice solid cast.… More

  • ♥Robyn


    Twenty years have passed since Secret Service agent Pete Garrison (Michael Douglas) saved a Presidents life, as a conspiracy unfolds within the White House, he realises he might have to do the same again but this time there's evidence that he's behind the plot

  • Anthony L


    The Sentinel has more holes in it than a slice of Swiss cheese. That and the fact that I guessed 'who dunnit' (or who was gonna do it) fairly quickly should have been reason enough not to like it but, as it happens, I didn't find it that bad at all. A fun popcorn… More

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