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(1 - 36) of 36 OFCS Rating: 33% Rotten Page   1   "I could identify the mole in 'The Sentinel' the first time he appeared on camera. Don't you hate it when that happens in a movie?"   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Betty Jo Tucker C "Throwing in a shoot-out here and there to keep the juices flowing, Sentinel entertains, but never convinces."   FilmJerk.com   Brian Orndorf "And that's really the point here: The Sentinel is about boys, bonding, squabbling, scheming, running, and shooting. Shooting a lot."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs C+ "Can Michael Douglas still command attention at the fore of an action film? Yes%u2026 but it's perhaps the only interesting facet of "The Sentinel.""   EDGE Boston   David Foucher 1/4 "Goes wrong on so many levels that it's hard to believe name talent and a major studio signed on in the first place."   TheMovieBoy.com   Dustin Putman C "It leads to a climax that's both confusing AND boring, which is really the only noteworthy feat the film accomplishes."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider "Douglas possesses an everyman appeal that is used to good effect in this movie to keep the audience securely on his side."   DVD Review   Felix Gonzalez Jr. C- "One of those movies that starts out seeming very silly and grows more and more preposterous as it lurches along....Be on guard against it."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 2/5 "An underwhelming political thriller."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 2.5/4 "So, although some enjoyment can be had from watching The Sentinel with an uncritical eye, it remains a deeply flawed piece of mainstream action entertainment."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 3/4 "Gives a good name to the brand of cookie-cutter thriller that satisfies like no other."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth 6/10 "Decent, but nothing special, as an entertaining time killer and as a kind of ode to the U.S. Secret Service."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen 3/5 "Entertaining, certainly, and even the casual moviegoer will have seen worse this year, but this is one of those films you'll forget you've seen within six months."   FilmFocus   Joe Utichi "The Sentinel is the equivalent of a good used car. It may lack a factory fresh smell, but it is a sturdy ride."   Light Views   John Larsen 1.5/5 "full review in Greek"   Movies for the Masses   Joseph Proimakis 3/5 "Just barely "fresh" but really keeps your attention with unique touches which are now common in prime time dramatic television for free."   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery 3.5/5 "It's somewhat predictable and uses many cliche devices, but it keeps the audience guessing at least part of the time."   7M Pictures   Kevin Carr 1.5/4 "If I wrote that this is like a bad episode of 24, that would be a compliment!"   Montreal Film Journal   Kevin N. Laforest C+ "Director Clark Johnson ("S.W.A.T.") brings a little style to what is otherwise a pretty meat and potatoes presidential thriller with a solid if unexceptional cast."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 2.5/4 "Everything about it says efficient, modest, small-screen production except the presence of producer-star Michael Douglas, who may finally have hit the wall of his theatrical leading-man viability."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh 2.5/4 "Pretty much in line with the majority of Hollywood thrillers that work in spite of themselves."   Mark Reviews Movies   Mark Dujsik "Kiefer Sutherland, he's awfully cute and all, but why would anyone pay 10 bucks to see him do what you can see him do for free every week on TV?"   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 3/4 "Watching it isn't like seeing something new and exciting; it's like re-watching a good movie you've already seen."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan B "The characters are underwritten but the stars' natural charisma holds our attention and keeps us on their side, the action scenes are crisply filmed, and the location shots provide an authentic feel."   Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies   Nell Minow 1/4 "Working with DP Gabriel Beristain, Johnson shoots the go-nowhere action with an underlit, smudgy color scheme that feels like a poor photocopy of Alejandro González Iñárritu and Fernando Meirelles's signature cinematographic styles."   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager 2/5 "sleepy"   Filmcritic.com   Pete Croatto 2/5 "Desperately wants to be as thrilling as ... In the Line of Fire, but it has much more in common (from a quality standpoint) with "Guarding Tess."   Film Threat   Pete Vonder Haar 1.5/5 "It may be slick and entertaining, but this is also one of the most careless political thrillers ever made."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline D "It's obvious that nobody believed in this project longer than it took for the check to clear."   Flipside Movie Emporium   Rob Vaux C+ "It looks and sounds great, but it sure could have used a more imaginative script."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten 2/5 "It's a shame that "The Sentinel" wastes its intelligent façade, because with all the unthrilling thrillers that have come and gone from movie screens, this one might have been worth something."   Film Threat   Rory L. Aronsky 2.5/5 "C'mon, how seriously are we supposed to take a film in which the President of the United States is played by Sledge Hammer! ???"   eFilmCritic.com   Scott Weinberg C+ "In between is a slickly executed generic thriller that, like its humorless investigator Breckinridge, does it all by the book."   Seattle Post-Intelligencer   Sean Axmaker 2/4 "way too predictible"   sbs.is   Stefan Birgir Stefansson 5/10 "As producer/star, Michael Douglas usually chooses projects more intelligent and provocative than this prosaic, improbable, predictable action thriller."   Modamag.com   Susan Granger 3/4 Read review   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito  (1 - 36) of 36 OFCS Rating: 33% Rotten Page   1