The Sentinel (2006)

Director:

Clark Johnson

Writers (WGA):

George Nolfi (screenplay)
Gerald Petievich (novel)

Release Date:

21 April 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

Let's do this

Plot:

A secret service agent is framed as the mole in an assassination attempt on the president. He must clear his name and foil another assassination attempt while on the run from a relentless FBI agent.

Plot Keywords:

Secret Service | President | Framed | Assassination | On The Run

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Michael Douglas	...	Pete Garrison
Kiefer Sutherland	...	David Breckinridge
Eva Longoria Parker	...	Jill Marin (as Eva Longoria)
Martin Donovan	...	William Montrose
Ritchie Coster	...	The Handler
Kim Basinger	...	1st Lady Sarah Ballentine
Blair Brown	...	National Security Advisor
David Rasche	...	President Ballentine
Kristin Lehman	...	Cindy Breckinridge
Raynor Scheine	...	Walter Xavier
Chuck Shamata	...	Director Overbrook
Paul Calderon	...	Deputy Director Cortes
Clark Johnson	...	Charlie Merriweather (as Clarque Johnson)
Raoul Bhaneja	...	Aziz Hassad
Yanna McIntosh	...	Teddy Vargas
Joshua Peace	...	Agent Davies (as Josh Peace)
Simon Reynolds	...	Tom DiPaola
Geza Kovacs	...	Agent Turzanski
Jasmin Geljo	...	Assassin
Danny A. Gonzales	...	Hugo Ortega
Jude Coffey	...	Field Agent Welke
Neil Girvan	...	President Detail Agent #1
Gloria Reuben	...	Mrs. Merriweather
Scott Gibson	...	Detective #1
Ron Lea	...	Detective #2
Mung-Ling Tsui	...	Polygrapher Medina (as Mung Ling Tsui)
Stanley Taylor	...	Polygrapher Downing
Noor Naghmi	...	Doorman / Bellhop
Roman Podhora	...	Chaminski
Joachim Johnson	...	Scared High-Schooler
Eldridge Hyndman	...	Pres Detail Agent #3
Gordon Bolan	...	FLOTUS Agent
Sarah Plommer	...	Pres Detail Agent #4
Matt Birman	...	PID Agent #1
Maxwell McCabe-Lokos	...	Store Clerk (as Max McCabe-Lokos)
Sterling Jarvis	...	Post Agent #1
Jeff Kassel	...	Post Agent #2
Richard Hughes	...	Pres Detail Agent #2
Steve Ambrose	...	Man in Tweed Jacket (as Stephen Ambrose)
Conrad Coates	...	Agent Hauser
Rose Avenue Public School Choir	...	Choir
Taborah Johnson	...	FLOTUS Chief of Staff
Gordon Currie	...	Director's Aide
Nick Alachiotis	...	Scary Looking Man
Jung-Yul Kim	...	Longshoreman
Anthony 'Chip' Brienza	...	Undercover Agent
Scott Douglas	...	Sniper Spotter
Jozsef Pinter	...	Tracker
Richard Bunting	...	Lab Tech
Yuri Browne	...	Computer Tech
Jim Teunissen	...	Desk Sergeant
Danna Howe	...	Danna the Neighbor
Fred Beckette	...	Beach House Chef
Al Vrkljan	...	Counter Sniper (as Allan Vrkljan)
Kylanna Lee	...	Handler's Waitress
Rosario Rivadeneira	...	Maid
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John Waldron	...	Secret Service Agent
Michael Ahl	...	Secret Service Agent (uncredited)
James E. Ash	...	Secret Service Agent (uncredited)
Brian Bolter	...	News Anchor (uncredited)
Vance Branton	...	PID Agent (uncredited)
Lawrence Broughton	...	Secret Service Agent (uncredited)
Timothy E. Brummund	...	Secret Service Agent (uncredited)
Jackie Burroughs	...	Mrs. Miller (uncredited)
Robert Randolph Caton	...	Capitol Hill Businessman (uncredited)
Brian Dragonuk	...	Businessman (uncredited)
Pamela Fischer	...	Secret Service Agent (uncredited)
David Foster	...	Capitol Hill businessman (uncredited)
Mariano Gowland	...	SWAT Officer (uncredited)
Eli Harris	...	Secret Service Agent (uncredited)
Katherine Hoskins Mackey	...	Capitol Hill Staffer (uncredited)
Jay Hunter	...	Counter Sniper (uncredited)
Kirk Lambert	...	Photographer (uncredited)
Coleman Lannum	...	Toronto RCMP Officer (uncredited)
Kiyano La'vin	...	SWAT Officer (uncredited)
Kerry Meushaw	...	Capitol Hill Businessman (uncredited)
Daniel Ross	...	Capitol Hill Businessman (uncredited)
Deborah S. Smith	...	Tourist (uncredited)
Anastasia Summers	...	Businesswoman (uncredited)
Ashley Townsend	...	G8 Protestor (uncredited)
Nick Ventura	...	PID Officer (uncredited)
Don Whatley	...	Secret Service Agent (uncredited)
Linda E. Williams	...	Businesswoman (uncredited)

Directed by
Clark Johnson

Writing credits (WGA)
George Nolfi		(screenplay)
Gerald Petievich		(novel)

Produced by
Bill Carraro	....	executive producer
Michael Douglas	....	producer
Marcy Drogin	....	producer
Arnon Milchan	....	producer
George Nolfi	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Christophe Beck

Cinematography by
Gabriel Beristain		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Cindy Mollo

Casting by
Robin D. Cook
Avy Kaufman

Production Design by
Andrew McAlpine

Art Direction by
Rocco Matteo

Set Decoration by
Carolyn 'Cal' Loucks

Costume Design by
Ellen Mirojnick

Makeup Department
Marlene Aarons	....	second makeup artist
Kelly Brennan	....	hair stylist
Richard Dean	....	makeup artist: Michael Douglas
Jane English	....	body makeup: Kim Bassinger
Patricia A. Heine	....	makeup artist: D.C.
Diana Ladyshewsky	....	key hair stylist
Randy Houston Mercer	....	makeup artist: D.C.
Donald Mowat	....	makeup artist: Kiefer Sutherland
Nicole Paul	....	hair stylist: D.C.
Beatrice Salazar	....	assistant hair stylist (as Beatriz Salazar)
Kerrie Smith	....	hair stylist: Michael Douglas
Ronnie Specter	....	makeup artist: Kim Basinger
Linda Steeves	....	makeup artist
Mitchell Stone	....	hair stylist: Kim Basinger (as Mitch Stone)
Leah Watson	....	hair stylist: D.C.

Production Management
Patricia Anne Doherty	....	unit production manager
Stuart Macphee	....	post-production supervisor
Steve Wakefield	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jack Boem	....	second second assistant director
Mike Crain	....	first assistant director: second unit
J.L. Crosbie	....	trainee assistant director
Frank Ferro	....	first assistant director: second unit
Ted Hanlan	....	second unit director
Stephanie Lovell	....	second second assistant director: Washington, DC
Kim Palmen	....	third assistant director
Tom Quinn	....	first assistant director
Michele Rakich	....	second assistant director
Alison C. Rosa	....	second assistant director
Kurt Uebersax	....	second assistant director
Brad Wetherly	....	daily assistant director

Art Department
Edward Bellafiore	....	art department coordinator: Washington DC
Paul Berta	....	storyboard artist
Sean Breaugh	....	set designer
Carlos Caneca	....	lead man
Kirk Cheney	....	construction coordinator
Dan Conley	....	set dresser
Lisa Dietrich	....	key on-set dresser
Helen Field	....	property buyer
Halina Gebarowicz	....	art director: D.C.
David Hirschfield	....	set designer
Elis Lam	....	first assistant art director
Jeff Mawle	....	assistant property master (as Jeff 'Darth' Mawle)
Jeffrey A. Melvin	....	assistant set decorator
John Millard	....	set decorator: D.C.
Elizabeth Moran	....	art department coordinator
Dennis Nam	....	assistant art director
Timothy Peel	....	graphics
Chris Pellegrini	....	property master
Chad E. Williams	....	assistant property master
Gareth Wilson	....	set dresser
Toni Wong	....	on-set greens
Brook Yeaton	....	property master: Washington DC

Sound Department
Julie Altus	....	adr recordist
Sean Paul Armstrong	....	second boom operator
Michael Barry	....	sound re-recording mixer
Rick Chefalas	....	first assistant sound editor
Marko A. Costanzo	....	foley artist
Mark Filip	....	sound effects editor
Sean Garnhart	....	sound effects editor
Kenneth Gilbert	....	adr recordist
Lewis Goldstein	....	supervising sound editor
Lawrence Herman	....	apprentice sound editor
Kenton Jakub	....	adr editor
George A. Lara	....	foley mixer
Allen Lau	....	sound apprentice
Bruce Litecky	....	sound mixer: US unit
Craig MacLellan	....	adr recordist
Chris Menke	....	sound utility: Washington DC
Cate Montana	....	assistant adr
Cate Montana	....	dialogue editor
Igor Nikolic	....	assistant sound editor
Jay Peck	....	foley artist
Eric Potter	....	sound effects recordist
Jac Rubenstein	....	dialogue editor
Wyatt Sprague	....	sound effects editor
John J. Thomson	....	production sound mixer
Paul Urmson	....	supervising sound designer
Steven Visscher	....	supervising foley editor
Alan Zielonko	....	boom operator

Special Effects by
Andrew Clarke-Meneguzzi	....	special effects technician
John MacGillivray	....	special effects coordinator
Rob Sanderson	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by
Krista Allain	....	visual effects production manager: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Artin Aryaei	....	digital compositor: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Greg Astles	....	senior digital compositor: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Darren A. Bell	....	associate visual effects producer: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Kris Carson	....	digital compositor: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Joseph DiValerio	....	visual effects
Peter Dydo	....	3D artist: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Mohammad Ghorbankarimi	....	associate visual effects supervisor: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Jason Giberson	....	film scanning and recording
Raymond Gieringer	....	visual effects supervisor: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Michael Hatton	....	visual effects technical advisor: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Jeffrey Klug	....	systems administrator: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Jason Kolodziejczak	....	2D technical director: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Ken Lam	....	digital compositor: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Virginie Lamotte	....	lead digital compositor: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Wendy Lanning	....	executive visual effects producer: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Danny Lee	....	digital compositor: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Ethan Lee	....	3D technical director: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Mai-Ling Lee	....	3D artist: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Sam Lee	....	digital compositor
Laurence Lok	....	digital compositor
Jason Maher	....	3D artist: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Jim Maxwell	....	digital matte artist: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Lon Molnar	....	visual effects creative advisor: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Erin L. Nelson	....	digital restoration
Ciaran O'Connor	....	digital compositor: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Scott Parker	....	systems administrator: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Hojin Park	....	digital compositor: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Scott Riopelle	....	digital compositor: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Chris Ross	....	digital effects scanning
Geoff Sayer	....	digital compositor: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Leonardo Silva	....	3D artist: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Vicki Silva	....	digital compositor: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Clancy Silver	....	lead digital compositor: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Wilson Tang	....	digital restoration
Mehrdad Tavakkolian	....	3D artist: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Mahvash Tehrani	....	digital compositor: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Wayne Traudt	....	motion graphic artist: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Mark Tureski	....	digital film scanner

Stunts
Nick Alachiotis	....	stunt actor
Roy T. Anderson	....	stunts
Taryn Ash	....	stunts
Chris Barnes	....	stunt driver
Johnny Becker	....	stunt driver
James Binkley	....	stunts
Matt Birman	....	stunt coordinator: second unit
Matt Birman	....	stunts
Brad Bunn	....	stunts
Randy Butcher	....	stunt performer
Chad Camilleri	....	stunts
Bob Colletti	....	stunts
Blaise Corrigan	....	stunt coordinator
Ned Corrigan	....	stunts
Tom Farr	....	stunts
Rick Forsayeth	....	stunt coordinator
Don Gough	....	stunts
Mike Gow	....	stunts
Curtis Hibbert	....	stunts
Susan Horton	....	stunt performer
Dana Jones	....	stunt double
Rick Kain	....	utility stunts
Liise Keeling	....	stunt performer
Joanne Leach	....	stunts
Rick Le Fevour	....	stunts
Danny Lima	....	stunts
Jalil Jay Lynch	....	stunts
John MacDonald	....	stunts
Stephen Mann	....	water safety & stunts
Cotton Mather	....	stunts
John W. McCahill	....	precision driver
Duncan McLeod	....	stunt performer
Layton Morrison	....	stunts
Billy Oliver	....	stunt driver
Stephen A. Pope	....	stunts
Robert Racki	....	stunts
Bryan Renfro	....	stunts
Terry Serpico	....	stunts
Robert C. Shannon	....	water safety
Bryan Thomas	....	stunt double
Al Vrkljan	....	stunt performer
Ron Webber	....	stunt driver

Camera and Electrical Department
Leonard Applefield	....	electrician: Washington, DC
Veronika Belianina	....	electrician
Zena Bielewicz	....	camera loader
Rocky Brown	....	dailies electrician
Hugh Brule	....	grip
Randy Burbidge	....	grip
Alan Cohen	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Marc Cole	....	Steadicam operator: Washington
Marc Cole	....	camera operator: "a" camera: Washington
Roberto W. Contreras D.	....	additional cinematographer
Roberto W. Contreras D.	....	camera operator
Greg Denny	....	grip
William Engel	....	grip
Dave Erlichman	....	dolly grip
Ted Erne	....	electrician
Christopher Fernandez	....	electrician: Washington D.C.
David Fisher	....	gaffer
Matthew W. Flannery	....	first assistant camera
Guy Godfree	....	assistant camera
Angel Gonzalez	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Courtney Graham	....	assistant camera
Doane Gregory	....	still photographer
Tim Hennessy	....	camera loader: Washington D.C.
Chris Henry	....	grip
Keith Hlady	....	camera operator: "c" camera
David Insley	....	director of photography: second unit
Philip Kathrens	....	set electrician: Washington D.C.
Saha King	....	grip
Steve Koster	....	aerial director of photography
Mark Lewandowski	....	video playback operator
J.P. Locherer	....	director of photography: second unit (as Joseph Paul Locherer)
Lux	....	lighting technician
Greg Martin	....	grip: second unit, Washington D.C.
Christopher Moats	....	third electrician
Kenneth Morton	....	grip
Marcus Paletta	....	grip
Richard Pengelly	....	video assist operator
James A. Ray	....	electrician
David Reppen	....	electrician
Brent Robinson	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera, second unit
Daniel Sauvé	....	Steadicam operator
Daniel Sauvé	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Tom Schnaidt	....	camera operator: Washington DC
Elliott Snell	....	electrician: Washington, DC
Julian Sternthal	....	dolly grip: Washington D.C.
Christopher A. Thompson	....	electrician
Dave Tommasini	....	pilot: Wescam camera
Wade Tyree	....	electrician
Mark Walpole	....	assistant camera
Jason Younger	....	best boy grip: Washington D.C.
Matt Kiskis	....	grip (uncredited)

Animation Department
Billy D. Choi	....	animator

Casting Department
Lisa Baylin	....	casting assistant
Donna Dupere	....	extras casting
Brad Gerstl	....	extras casting representative
Mandy Sprinkel	....	local casting
Aaron Unrau	....	extras casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ian Drummond	....	assistant costume designer
Jay Du Boisson	....	costume coordinator
Catharine Fletcher Incaprera	....	costume supervisor: Washington D.C.
Gerri Gillan	....	costumer: Michael Douglas
Alexandra Krost	....	set costumer: Washington D.C.
Mara Majorowicz	....	key costumer
Nancy Mayer Allan	....	costumes: Kim Basinger
Jenny McGurk	....	key costumer
Kathleen Meade	....	extras wardrobe coordinator
Sara O'Donnell	....	costumer
Robyn Rosenberg	....	costume set supervisor
Arthur Rowsell	....	associate costume designer
Amelia Zontini	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
James Andrykowski	....	post-production assistant: Los Angeles
Jill Bogdanowicz	....	digital film colorist
Michael Dobroski	....	colorist
Sue Len Quon	....	first assistant editor
Jennifer Lilly	....	first assistant editor
Bruce Lomet	....	digital intermediate producer
John W. Wayland	....	assistant editor
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter (uncredited)
Mike Nuget	....	on-line editor: Avid DS (uncredited)
Jim Passon	....	color timer (uncredited)
Mark Sahagun	....	digital intermediate editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Pete Anthony	....	conductor
Adam Blau	....	additional music programmer
Fernand Bos	....	music editor
Bryan Carrigan	....	sample programmer
Mark Graham	....	music preparation
Evyen Klean	....	music supervisor
Kevin Kliesch	....	orchestrator
Tim Lauber	....	score recordist
Jason Lloyd	....	scoring cue mixer
Larry Mah	....	digital score recordist
Steven L. Smith	....	music preparation
Tom Steel	....	scoring stage manager
Casey Stone	....	music scoring mixer
Bill Talbott	....	scoring technician
Michael White	....	synthesizer programmer

Transportation Department
John Coles	....	driver: Richard Dean
Norm Henderson	....	transportation coordinator
Stuart Hughes	....	transportation captain
Jim Kennedy	....	picture car captain
Regina Petrik	....	daily driver
Steven Sacrob	....	picture vehicles wrangler
Grant Volkers	....	transportation co-captain
Ian C. Harris	....	driver (uncredited)

Other crew
Adam Angeloni	....	production assistant: second unit
Max Armstrong	....	pre-vizualization technician
Wayne Arnold	....	additional first assistant
Georgia A.A. Bayliff	....	assistant: Bill Carraro
Joe Beckwith	....	second assistant accountant
Darren A. Bell	....	assistant: Bill Carraro
Julianne Berkowitz	....	assistant: Michael Douglas
John D. Bert	....	set production assistant
Kevin Billings	....	advisor: secret service
Meredith Blake	....	assistant: Marcy Drogin
Jane Elizabeth Bloom	....	production secretary: Washington D.C.
Thomas 'Doc' Boguski	....	additional production coordinator: Washington D.C.
James Brownlee	....	security: Kim Basinger
Mark Brown	....	key production assistant: second unit, Washington D.C.
Jane Bulmer	....	assistant: Arnon Milchan
Blanca Camacho	....	adr loop group
Gerry Cavis	....	advisor: secret service
Al Cerullo	....	helicopter pilot
Brad Combs	....	assistant: Arnon Milchan (as Michael Bradley Combs)
Gabriel DellaVecchia	....	payroll accountant: Washington
Ramona Diaconescu	....	script supervisor: second unit
Karen Doble	....	production coordinator
Melanie Donkers	....	assistant: Marcy Drogin
Evelyn S. Farkas	....	set medic
Tracy Fedak	....	third assistant accountant
Philippe Gallichet	....	chef
Christopher Geair	....	locations mapmaker: Washington, D.C. unit
David Grimes	....	production assistant
Lisa Hagenmeyer	....	key assistant location manager
Joanne T. Harwood	....	script supervisor
Steve Holt	....	on-set medic
David Holtz	....	production assistant
Bill Hong	....	operator: camera car/insert car
Aaron Horton	....	production secretary
Graham Hoselton	....	dailies film assistant
Nicholas Huynh	....	production assistant: Washington D.C.
Sandra Lynne Hyhkö	....	assistant production coordinator
Lovisa Inserra	....	assistant: Clark Johnson
Susan R. Jones	....	production coordinator: second unit
Janice Kaye	....	unit publicist
Keith Large	....	location manager
Karen Tsen Lee	....	adr voice group
Rick Marcena	....	first assistant production accountant
Joseph Martin	....	location manager: second unit, Washington D.C.
Gina Mauro	....	office production assistant: Washington
Greg McMaster	....	assistant location manager
Sari Miettinen	....	key craft service
Mary Milovac	....	location production assistant
Lauren Minichino	....	assistant to producer: Washington D.C.
Robert Mitas	....	assistant: Michael Douglas
Randy Morgan	....	assistant location manager
Matthew Dillon Noonan	....	key location assistant
Sean Oliver	....	adr loop group
Dove O'Shea	....	payroll accountant
Desmond Paes	....	first assistant accountant
Regina Petrik	....	daily craft service
Aeschylus Poulos	....	clearance coordinator
Peggy Pridemore	....	location manager: Washington
Aaron Reese	....	production assistant
Jonathan Reich	....	assistant location manager: Washington, DC
Richie Ring	....	stand-in: Kiefer Sutherland
Schenley V. Sargusingh	....	office production assistant: Washington
Roxanne Senesman	....	first assistant accountant: Washington
Dave Ian Smith	....	fire safety
Matthew Spiegel	....	production coordinator: Washington D.C.
Eugene Stamos	....	craft service: re-shoots
Alan Sutton	....	fire safety
Marsha L. Swinton	....	production accountant
Charles Taylor	....	armorer
Denise P. Taylor	....	second assistant accountant
John Teixeira	....	location production assistant
David Vogel	....	production assistant
Al Vrkljan	....	armorer
Heather Walker	....	assistant production office coordinator: Washington D.C.
Barry F. Walsh	....	second assistant accountant
Cassidy Watkins	....	assistant: Clark Johnson
Devin White	....	third assistant accountant
Kerry Yancheski	....	second assistant accountant: Washington
Igor Zambeli	....	location production assistant
Dustin DellaVecchia	....	production assistant: Washington D.C. (uncredited)
Jason Lorr	....	office production assistant (uncredited)
Peter Pamela Rose	....	adr loop group (uncredited)
Howard R. Schuster	....	financing (uncredited)
Larry David Wilson	....	daily production assistant (uncredited)

Thanks
Oleg Cassini	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
• Regency Enterprises
• Further Films
• Dune Entertainment
• Epsilon Motion Pictures
• Major Studio Partners
• New Regency Pictures
• Sentinel Productions

Distributors

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (2006) (USA) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Netherlands (2006) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2006) (France) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2006) (UK) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2006) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox de Argentina (2006) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (2006) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• FS Film Oy (2006) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Kinowelt Filmverleih (2006) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2006) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Japan (2007) (Japan) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2006) (Brazil) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2006) (Germany) (DVD)
• PlazaVista Entertainment (2006) (Switzerland) (DVD)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) (2009) (Germany) (TV)

Special Effects

• Acme F/X (special effects)
• Intelligent Creatures (visual effects)

Other Companies

• C5  foley recording facility
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Cinema Catering  catering
• Hand Prop  props supplied by
• Movie Armaments Group  weapons and tactical gear supplied by
• Pictorvision  stabilized ground head
• Pivotal Post  Avid editing equipment provided by
• Runway  post-production
• Technicolor Digital Intermediates  digital intermediate
• Toronto Film Studios  movie studio
• Varèse Sarabande  soundtrack

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some intense action violence and a scene of sensuality.

Runtime:

108 min | Philippines:107 min (cut)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:PG | UK:12A | Malaysia:U | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Finland:K-11 | Germany:12 | Ireland:12A | South Korea:15 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Netherlands:MG6 | Argentina:13 | Sweden:11 | Romania:A.G. | USA:PG-13 (certificate #42418) | Australia:M | Denmark:11 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/Manitoba) | Norway:15 | Canada:PG (British Columbia/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | France:U

Filming Locations:

Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

The speech heard before the American presidents in the G8 meeting, is held in Swedish, and is finished with the words "... vägnar vill jag tacka er för att ni stödjer Kyoto-protokollet. Tack så mycket.", which means "... I want to thank you for supporting the Kyoto Protocol. Thank you very much".

Goofs:

Factual errors: The standard sidearm of the Secret Service is the SIG Sauer P229 chambered for .357 SIG rounds. The sidearms used in the movie by the agents are clearly SIG Sauer P228s, which are only available chambered in 9mm rounds.

Quotes:

1st Lady Sarah Ballentine: [to Agent Breckinridge] Pete Garrison and I are having an affair. Please, have a seat...and that's for you. You know, I don't know all the evidence you have against him, but I do know why he failed the lie detector test. And I know why he was in the coffee shop looking for someone.

Movie Connections:

References Welcome to Mooseport (2004)

Soundtrack:

Bullet and a Target

Great potential ruined by terrible screenplay

"The Sentinel" is an average-at-best action drama that does not come remotely close to reaching its potential. The entire movie feels rushed, with random details about each character's past thrown at you in a poorly-written screenplay. The revelation of the true bad guy in conspiracy films normally elicits at least some form of surprise or intrigue; instead, in "The Sentinel" the character is far too obvious and the scene reveals a tangential and unexplained back story that should instead be much more central to the plot.

The rush to cram details in every fleeting moment ruins this movie. For example, without spoiling the film, the culminating chase of the movie is ruined by a ridiculous proclamation of certain password to get by people; the ridiculousness of the situation takes away from what should be a tense finish.

This review is not meant to be overly disparaging; the film received 5/10 because it is a moderately entertaining summer movie and I did not regret going to see it. However, the skeleton plot seemed to be trying too hard and the characters were not well-utilized. Eva Longoria is very attractive though.