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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.

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.

An Entertaining Political Thriller…..Period!
I enjoyed this film. I thought it was an excellent political thriller about something that’s never happened before - a Secret Service agent going bad and involved in an assassination plot.

This is simply a slick action flick that entertains start-to-finish. Are there holes in it? Of course; probably a number of them, and a reason you see so many critical comments. However, it is unfairly bashed here. My advice: chill, just go along for the ride and enjoy all the action and intrigue. Yes, it gets a little Rambo-ish at the end but otherwise it gets high marks for entertainment…..which is what movies are all about.