Julien Leclercq doesn't burden the picture with superfluous subplots or dead ends, keeping this effort fresh and raw with a familiar riff on vengeance, making something exciting and steely in a subgenre often filled with ridiculousness
it's got a solid high concept, a lead star with good action chops and a pleasingly brief runtime of just 80 minutes; And yet the execution doesn't even come close to living up to the promise, leading to a dull and uninspired thriller
despite the single tone running through the film, it is worth watching because "Sentinelle" is tightly packed in 80-minutes, meaning the lack of range in the story suffers less. This is a thematic revenge thriller that needs more script
"Sentinelle" balances its beats of emotional trauma against the darker forces of vigilantism. It doesn't forgive its main character's drastic actions, but it illustrates pretty well how she got there
by Ian Sandwell [Digital Spy ]
