The Sentinel

Another mole, this time from the Secret Service, is the theme of this movie.

The Plot: A Secret Service agent dies on his front porch. What initially looks like robbery has been elevated to murder. As if this was not enough, there's now a plot to assassinate the President of the United States, and the agent's murder has something to do with it. The plot thickens as the investigations of top investigative agent David Breckinridge (Kiefer Sutherland) leads him to a fellow agent, Pete Garrison (Michael Douglas). Being framed for an assassination plot against the President, Garrison works double time to clear his name. The catch is, he is having an affair with the First Lady (Kim Basinger). Can he prove his innocence against the assassination plot without exposing the affair?

The Review: The affair with the First Lady didn't come out as appealing, at least for my taste. But hey, there's got to be conflict and the First Lady having an affair with her agent is a good enough conflict, I think. I like Kiefer Sutherland. It was kinda disappointing though to watch him take the back seat to an older Michael Douglas. It would have been better if both of them were tracking the mole, with veteran Michael Douglas guiding hot-headed Kiefer Sutherland. At least that's gonna save them one more cast, Eva Longoria, who basically did nothing in this movie. Thank goodness for some decent acting on the part of Kim Basinger, no matter if her roles are far and in between, Sutherland and Douglas. And what's up with the montage of threats and Presidential itineraries before every sequence?

Pete Garrison: (to Breckinridge) I'm gonna miss you.
David Breckinridge: She's gonna miss you.
Cheesy.

The Rating: 5/10.

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