The Sentinel Page #7

Synopsis: Special Agent Pete Garrison 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.
Director(s): Clark Johnson
Production: 20th Century Fox
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.1
Metacritic:
49
Rotten Tomatoes:
33%
PG-13
Year:
2006
108 min
$36,226,144
Website
552 Views


- No, thank you, ma'am.

You know, most women don't like whiskey,

but my mama was from Tennessee.

Pete Garrison and I are having an affair.

Please have a seat. And... that's for you.

You know, I don't know all the evidence

you have against him,

but I do know why he failed

the lie detector test.

And I know why he was in that

coffee shop looking for someone.

Hello. US Secret Service up for the G8.

I got a priority item for the

duty officer over at the lab.

- That'll be that direction on the 8th floor.

- Thank you.

Sign the log, please.

I need any prints that

you can find off this cup.

- Okay.

- Thank you very much.

See you in about 12 minutes.

Hey, I'm gonna be pushing

post in a few minutes,

- but if you want to grab a coffee, Jill...

- Marin.

- Hey, Jill. This is Pete.

- Or not.

- A lot of people are looking for you.

- I'm sure they are.

- Did you find any prints at the apartment?

- No. Nothing.

Well, I did. Jill, you gotta

help me out on this one.

If I e-mail the prints to you,

how long is it gonna take

to check them against the

FBI and CIA databases?

Five minutes after I receive them.

I'll call you five minutes

after I send them. Bye.

I've got a print in here.

Could somebody run it for me, please?

- Yeah, I got it.

- Thank you.

You know, in my experience a guilty man

doesn't break into a police station

and check fingerprints for a few hours.

What do you think?

My phone was only on for five minutes.

I was in the neighborhood.

Dave, I can't explain about the bank account.

The other things I can explain.

- I know about the affair.

- It wasn't with Cindy.

Oh, I know. The First Lady.

She told me everything.

I know you're being framed.

She showed me the blackmail photos.

So where does that leave us?

We need to find this guy.

- Come here.

- Yeah.

You really are an idiot, you know that?

You honestly thought that

this wouldn't be uncovered?

Dave, I love her.

Well, that's practical.

The prints belong to Gennady Ivanov,

former KGB,

now works for the personal security

service for the president of Karjastan.

I'm also showing confirmed intel

that this is the guy

responsible for the Central Asian

pipeline attacks.

Confirmed intel on what, Agent Marin?

Assume this is a classified conversation.

We'll be out of here in two minutes.

- Yeah. Whatever.

- Thank you.

These people have the financial and

intelligence resources to pull this off.

All right, let's get going.

We've still got to find the mole.

We polygraphed every agent

with access to the president.

Yours was the only one

that showed deception.

We need to figure out how the real traitor

passed the test, or if he even took it.

Montrose had the list.

You know I never guaranteed you success.

Security's tighter than it's ever been.

Routes, modes of transport,

they're all random now.

Yeah, but not random to you, William.

I mean, if you wanted him

on that helicopter at Camp David,

you could have put him there.

Now, you've been playing us

since the beginning.

All right. Fair enough.

That's not gonna work anymore.

- You did make a deal.

- Yeah.

20 years ago with the KGB,

which doesn't even exist anymore.

Do you want out, William?

Then give me the president.

Just like you agreed.

No.

I don't care.

Expose me.

I don't care if I spend the rest

of my life in prison for treason.

I don't care if you kill me.

- Here you go.

- Have a pint.

Oh, thank you.

William...

If you don't do this, we're not gonna kill you.

We are going to kill her.

And we're gonna kill her.

And then we're gonna kill her.

Yes, William, the KGB's gone.

But we're still here.

William, it's all right.

You do have a way out.

But only one.

When he finishes his speech,

you take him on the primary route

to the "B" motorcade under the plaza,

and you take the radios out.

Then that's it. And we'll do the rest.

Hey, look.

You can keep those.

I got doubles.

Jill, it's David. I want you to get

in touch with Downing and Medina.

Confirm for me which one did

Montrose's polygraph and get back to me.

- We're on our way to city hall.

- Got it.

Command Post from Apache follow-up.

Arrive Martinez location 1740 hours. Copy.

Summon security, DiPaola.

Cincinnati's moving to hold. Copy.

All posts, all posts, be advised.

We have an arrival.

Only essential traffic at this time.

- Everybody ready?

- Yes, sir.

Let's do this.

Yeah, tell me what you got.

- Montrose didn't take the polygraph.

- You're sure? You're 100% sure?

Positive. Polygraphers have no record

of Montrose even being tested.

- Neither one of them.

- Montrose didn't take the polygraph.

Now let there be no mistake.

In an uncertain and an unsafe world,

America must be strong.

But previous administrations...

And I also hacked into

Merriweather's staff mail.

He was streaming

someone's offshore phone logs.

- The logs are Montrose's.

- Give me the phone.

Hi, Jill. It's Pete.

Get a hold of the First Lady and tell her,

only her, that it's Montrose.

Got it.

Jesus Christ, Pete. The First Lady?

What were you thinking?

I never saw it coming, Dave.

Secret Service command post

from Canadian CP, be advised.

They just allowed two armed

credentialed American agents

into the Three perimeter

from checkpoint 386.

Command Post from Post 209, be advised.

Suspect Garrison has just been let through...

- I've got a scope on subject Garrison.

- ...the south perimeter.

- All posts be advised.

- Ah, Jesus!

- Subject Garrison is on site in three.

- I got Garrison through the three.

- This resolution...

- Copy!

- ...cannot function alone.

- Do not admit...

- It is designed to function...

- ...Garrison and Breckinridge to enter.

It's Garrison and Breck.

Holster your weapons!

Holster your weapons!

I'm Agent Breckinridge, lead investogator.

I issued the warrant on Pete Garrison.

Subject in my sight. Do I take the shot?

We must ratify the Kyoto Protocol.

- We must embrace the ideal...

- You need assistance? Over.

...of an African economic union.

- He's a "Do-Not-Admit".

- We have orders.

- I am countermanding your orders!

- You don't control this site.

- Montrose controls the site.

- Don't call him!

- Montrose is the mole!

- Montrose?

What's the procedure for that?

Command to all units.

Lock down your location.

No unauthorized personnel

beyond the two perimeter.

Ma'am.

Something's wrong.

My radio just went dead.

I've lost my radio.

I don't have any radio.

- I'm not hearing any chatter.

- I've got silence on all channels.

- It's going down!

- Agent Garrison called on my line.

He wanted me to tell you

that Montrose is the mole.

But I strongly believe that we can

protect our vital interests

without causing resentment.

- Get your hands in the air!

- Freeze! Freeze!

- Put that down! Put your hands in the air!

- Pete Garrison is not the mole!

You are a "Do-Not-Admit"!

We have orders!

- Mr. President, you've got to go.

- Listen to me!

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George Nolfi

George Nolfi is an American screenwriter, producer and director. He directed the 2011 film The Adjustment Bureau, which he also wrote (adapted from a short story by Philip K. Dick). more…

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