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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Binding: DVD
Brand: 24
EAN: 0024543054160
Label: Fox Network
Manufacturer: Fox Network
Number Of Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Fox Network
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 17, 2002
Running Time: 1152 minutes
Sales Rank: 4291
Studio: Fox Network
Theatrical Release Date: 2002
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Product Description:
Twenty-four hours of a counter-terrorist agent's attempt to prevent the assassination of a presidential candidate.
Genre: Television
Rating: NR
Release Date: 17-SEP-2002
Media Type: DVD
Amazon.com:
Such a simple idea--yet so fiendishly complex in the execution.24, as surely everyone knows by now, is a thriller that takes places over 24 hours, midnight to midnight, in 24 one-hour episodes (well, 45-minute episodes if you subtract the commercials). Everything takes place in real time, which means no flashbacks, no flash-forwards, no handy time-dissolves. Every strand of the plot has to be dovetailed and interlocked so things happen just when they should, in the right amount of time. Not that easy.
Creator Robert Cochran and his team of writers and directors have done an impressive job of putting the jigsaw together and keeping the tension ratcheted up high, as federal agent Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) runs around L.A. trying to stall an assassination attempt on an African American presidential candidate and rescue his wife and daughter from the clutches of the Balkan baddies. Twists, turns, revelations, and cliffhangers are tossed at us with satisfying regularity. It's not perfect: we get some hokey plot devices (instant amnesia, anybody?); the final twist makes no sense whatsoever; there are altogether too many huggy family moments; and as for Dennis Hopper's 'Serbian' accent....
Even so, this is undeniably mold-breaking TV. Sutherland, rescuing his career from the doldrums in one heroic leap, fully deserves his Golden Globe. Sets and locations are artfully deployed, and Sean Callery's score is a powerful, brooding presence. Like Murder One and The Sopranos, 24 is one of those series that future TV thrillers will be measured against. --Philip Kemp
Customer Reviews Average Rating: 
Rating:  - The Clock Is Ticking
"WOW" that is what I said when i finished watching all 24 episodes of this exhilarating show. I must admit that this is one of the most unpredictable TV shows out there, every line; every minute is felt like a real life situation.
For those who are unfamiliar with the setting of the program worry, it's not complicated at all. The show begins at 12:00AM and the last episode end at 12:00am and through the course of 24 hours you go through the events of 3 different stories; all of which ... Read More
Rating:  - Gaping plot holes you could drive a bus through
Sucked in by all the hype, plus the fact this is now (as I write this) into Season SEVEN, I thought I'd give this a whirl.
It starts at midnight. By 2am I was already irritated by Jack's wife and daughter, two insipid characters played by two of the worst female 'actresses' in TV history. Are they in some way related to the producers? I think we should be told.
By 4am I was starting to be annoyed as to how stupid the whole premise was. Trying to summarise the convoluted, ... Read More
Rating:  - Thank Goodness for Torture
The first season was fun. The concept for "24" a novel, exciting one. No other season since was as good. The downside is that "24" helped the public get used to the idea that torture is a vital necessity for saving American lives -- an idea which most experts in the real world intelligence community overwhelmingly disagree. In effect, this television program has been successful propaganda for the rightwing and Bush Administration (regardless of what any actor may think of his role or makers of a TV ... Read More
Rating: - Congratulations Barack Obama!!!
When I found out that Barack Obama is going to be our first African-American President, I thought about this season of 24, because Barack is now the real David Palmer! The 24 hour time period takes place during the presidential primary. At midnight, Jack Bauer's daughter runs away from home, and around that time, he has been called in to CTU because a threat has been made on David Palmer's life. Throughout the day, Jack has to stop bad guys, find his kidnapped wife and daughter, deal with betrayal, ... Read More
Rating: - Where Have I Been All These Years?
It only took me-oh- SIX years to finally watch this show. And the only reason I watched it was because the first 5 episodes of Season 1 were on Veoh TV. It was the weekend and I was in the house with nothing to do. "Why not?" I tell myself. And let me tell you by the time I watched the 5th free episode, I made it my mission to find out how I was going to watch the rest of the season. Veoh only had those five shows so I had to look everywhere to find the rest of the season. Lots of thrills and actions. ... Read More
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