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economist sunsuntribune entertainment saturday april 22 2006 25 lots of tasty toronto scenery in otherwise flat sentinel the sentinel starring michael douglas keifer sutherland eva longoria and kim basinger directed by clark johnson its a perfect film perfectly for mulaic perfectly predictable and the ending is a perfect mess on the plus side its a kind of postcard from toronto as the cli mactic third act takes place at city hall eagleeyed audiences will notice bits and pieces of hamilton sherway gardens mall and a host of other local backgrounds thats the exciting part and ifs big on can con mr sutherland mr johnson in a cameo the endur ing chuck shamata train 48s raoul bhaneja and other familiar faces the names of the white house wasps are amazingly homogenous ballentine breckenridge meri wether montrose overbrook i thought i was watching a dramati zation of the waspwhos who the film makes big noise about ms longoria playing an hispanic agent which is pointed out twice and is quite unnecessary i dont blame mr johnson a- veteran toronto based actor and director its the script the story concerns a traitor in the ranks of the presidents secret security detail who plans to have his boss assassinated with help of a drug cartel anne brodie on movies suspicion falls on mr douglas character garrison as he spends time with his shady snitch and in a cartel dropoff coffee shop he is the only member of the security team to fail a compulsory polygraph not only that hes having an affair with the first lady ms basinger we dont have a lot of sympathy for him we learn early on he ruined his friendship with fellow agent breckenridge by hooking up with his wife and we are pleased to think hes the mole and hes in their crosshairs but things are never as they seem the sentinel rides merrily along for the first hour offering a web of deceit and plenty of shocks and tension but it falls like a bag full of pan cake batter when it really counts keifer sutherland left and michael douglas costar in the sentinel a film with plenty of toronto scenery but a plot that falls apart like a bag of pancake batter according to critic anne brodie the story concerns a traitor in the ranks of the american presidents secret security detail who plans to have his boss assassinated with the help of a drug cartel k ss f0 otr m your only jr a vr j source for yorkregion yo rkregion coin mowie listings