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The Sentinel

Fri., Apr. 21, 2006 12:00 AM PDT

C-
Getting old sucks, but it shouldn't mean you have to stop making exciting films. Somebody needs to tell this to Michael Douglas, who in The Sentinel appears to be fulfilling the union rule that says all 60-plus leading men must play an over-the-hill Secret Service agent to qualify for full pension. Unfortunately, the film itself has already passed its sell-by date, being a tired conflation of In the Line of Fire and The Bodyguard: The red herring-free plot doesn't twist so much as it bends very slightly on occasion. The cat-and-mouse game between Douglas and Kiefer Sutherland (as Jack Bauer in a nicer suit) is all mouse and no cat, and the action scenes are hampered by poor shooting and slipshod editing. If 24 were like this, you'd be asleep by noon.

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