The Sentinel - Jack Bauer.. er I mean Kiefer Sutherland

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 17 Aug 2006, 20:39

Or: 24: The Movie

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443632/

I tell you, when I first saw the trailer, the first thing I thought of was 24.

Plot Outline from IMDB: Special Agent Pete Garrison (Michael Douglas) is convinced that a Neo-Nazi Aryan Disciple has managed to infiltrate the White House. When a White House Agent is murdered, Garrison is framed and blackmailed over an affair with the First Lady Sarah Ballentine. He is relieved of his duties, but Garrison won't stop in trying to prove his innocence, and save the life of the President. While attempting to uncover the person behind it all, he comes into confrontation with his protege, Agent Breckinridge. (Kiefer Sutherland).

According to the guy/board on IMDB the film is pretty bad though.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 17 Aug 2006, 20:59

I think it might be bad because from when I saw the trailer I already felt like I knew who the real bad guy is (I'm guessing Sutherland)
I dont know if that hunch is right or not, but that's just the feeling I get, and if it is right, I guess most have gotten that feeling too, so the hole 'who-dunnit' thing is ruined from the get-go...

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 17 Aug 2006, 21:01

True, the whole traitor/mole thing has been done in all the seasons of 24 too

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 17 Aug 2006, 21:03

I havent seen any episoded of 24 yet. I'm waiting till me and my girl are living together, and by that time I'll probably pick up some good mini-series to watch together...
Havent really seen much of other good TV shows either... like the Sopranos and stuff...

gojensen · Post by **gojensen** » 22 Aug 2006, 12:38

Erm, that plot outline is just so wrong. It's almost like reading the back of my HK DVDs from the late 90s! ...

And this is actually quite an enjoyable flick. And no, you won't know who the bad guy is (I think - atleast I didn't, they kept it quite hidden and "tricky"...)

Not quite the 24 Movie either I think... One reviewer on the IMDB said the film was full of character background bits that had no relation to the movie---that reviewer must've seen another flick - because The Sentinel seemed rather polished I think.

I haven't seen the trailer though, so I can't compare that to the full movie.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 22 Aug 2006, 13:35

OK, I only said 24 movie because Kiefer was in it in a 24 type role and the story sounded sort of 24-ish

gojensen · Post by **gojensen** » 23 Aug 2006, 11:56

From that write up, I would have said as much as well!

Atleast I didn't see it as a "24" movie when I saw it... sure it's got similarities, it deals with secret service and agents ffs... but not very much beyond that. And we see lots more of Douglas than Sutherland... (And Eva is just there for you pervs to oogle at... literally...)