The Sentinel Reviews
DVD Review
Douglas possesses an everyman appeal that is used to good effect in this movie to keep the audience securely on his side.
Film Journal International
A notch above most such throwaway thrillers.
FilmFocus
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.
Full Review
| Original Score: 3/5
7M Pictures
It's somewhat predictable and uses many cliche devices, but it keeps the audience guessing at least part of the time.
Full Review
| Original Score: 3.5/5
Cinema em Cena
Um bom thriller que se compromete em sua metade final, quando tenta recriar a dinâmica de O Fugitivo.
| Original Score: 3/5
Laramie Movie Scope
It looks and sounds great, but it sure could have used a more imaginative script.
Full Review
| Original Score: C+
Supercala.com
No new ground was broken, but the point of this film was to entertain and it did.
Full Review
| Original Score: 6.5/10
Broomfield Enterprise
There was one thing that was way better than anything on "24," though. Her name: Eva Longoria.
Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)
There's nothing flashy about The Sentinel, but there doesn't need to be.
Full Review
| Original Score: 3/4
Cinerina
Just barely "fresh" but really keeps your attention with unique touches which are now common in prime time dramatic television for free.
Full Review
| Original Score: 3/5
Aisle Seat
Watching it isn't like seeing something new and exciting; it's like re-watching a good movie you've already seen.
Full Review
| Original Score: 3/4
Premiere Magazine
Sometimes, as in the case of The Sentinel, a good old rat-in-the-government picture that hews to the conventions of the genre can be an enjoyable, not terribly taxing entertainment.
Full Review
| Original Score: 2.5/4
Top CriticNobody's better than Michael Douglass as playing that guy who makes that big mistake, and then spends the rest of the movie trying to atone for it.
Three Movie Buffs
Just good enough to not embarrass anyone involved.
Full Review
| Original Score: 2.5/4
PopMatters
And that's really the point here: The Sentinel is about boys, bonding, squabbling, scheming, running, and shooting. Shooting a lot.
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies
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.
| Original Score: B
Richmond.com
In an age when surprise endings and indie budgets are hip and trendy, it's nice to get a decent throwback thriller. The script may be manufactured, but the sweat stains are real.
