The Sentinel is a 2006 thriller starring Michael Douglas as Pete Garrison, a veteran US Secret Service Agent who goes on the run when he's accused of being involved in a plot to assassinate the President. Kiefer Sutherland co-stars as David Breckinridge, the agent who heads up the task force assigned to find him and who has a complicated history with Garrison. The film's cast includes Eva Longoria and Kim Basinger and was directed by Clark Johnson (S.W.A.T.). The movie is based on the 2003 novel of the same name by former U.S. Secret Service agent Gerald Petievich (To Live and Die in L.A., Boiling Point).
The following weapons were used in the film The Sentinel:
SIG-Sauer P228 9mm pistols are used by US Secret Service agents, including Agents Pete Garrison (Michael Douglas), David Breckinridge (Kiefer Sutherland) and Jill Marin (Eva Longoria). When one of their agents is found dead, Breckinridge notices that the safety on the agent's SIG is still on, meaning that the agent wasn't ready to fire (since Secret Service agents are trained to draw and flick off the safety in one motion). Note: The standard sidearm of the United States Secret Service is the SIG-Sauer P229 chambered for .357 SIG rounds. The Secret Service did use the SIG-Sauer P228 sometime between the late 1980s and early 1990s, after switching from the .357 Smith & Wesson 66-2 revolver. However, since the movie takes place in 2006, the Service had already adopted the .357 SIG P229 by then. As a technical aside, neither the P228 or P229 have an external safety to be disengaged before firing.
A Colt Law Enforcement Carbine can be briefly seen in the hands of a Secret Service Counter Assault Team (CAT) Operator in the initial scenes. Note: USSS CAT transitioned from the Colt M4A1-style carbine to the Knight's Armament Company SR-16 Carbine in the early 2000s.
The Remington 700 PSS can be briefly seen in the hands of a Secret Service sniper stationed atop the White House at the film's beginning. Another Remington is held by a Secret Service agent after Garrison's escape, and in the hands of a Secret Service Counter-Sniper on the roof of the building in Toronto.
Heckler & Koch MP5A3s with Navy trigger groups and sometimes Surefire weaponlights can be seen in the hands of Secret Service agents after Garrison's escape, as well as in the hands of one of the disguised assassins.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingHeckler & Koch MP5A3 - 9x19mmError creating thumbnail: File missingA Secret Service agent is holding the Heckler & Koch MP5A3 as Breckinridge briefs them.Heckler & Koch MP5A3 with Navy trigger group and Surefire dedicated forend weaponlight - 9x19mmError creating thumbnail: File missingOn the right, a Secret Service Counter Assault Team (CAT) Operator is armed with the MP5A3 fitted with the Surefire weaponlight.Error creating thumbnail: File missingIn the center, a SWAT officer is armed with the MP5A3 fitted with the Surefire weaponlight.Error creating thumbnail: File missingOne of the assassins disguised as a Toronto Police ETF officer carries the Heckler & Koch MP5A3 with Surefire weaponlight as he's taken out by Garrison.
Heckler & Koch MP5A2
At the film's beginning, a Secret Service Counter Assault Team (CAT) Operator is armed with the Heckler & Koch MP5A2 fitted with the Navy trigger group, and equipped with a Surefire dedicated forend weaponlight.
