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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Binding: DVD
Brand: 24
EAN: 0024543054160
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
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: 2429
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
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
I realize this isn't a movie where you introduce characters, develop the plot, and wrap everything up in 2 hours, but after watching 8 episodes, I don't believe "snails pace"
adequately describes the slow moving plot.
Did the writers really need a whole season to cover 24 hours?
One episode/show for each 24 hours would have made it more watchable.
I made it through 12 episodes. I can't take any more.
One problem with reviews for TV series is the ... Read More
Rating:  -
The 24 collection is a worthy hobby and is certainly growing to be one of largest of the television series DVD anthologies. There are currently six seasons and season seven is planned for 2009. Each season has 6 discs, with 4 episodes per disc. Each episode covers approximately 1 hour of real-time drama although there are breaks for television advertising time meaning each episode lasts for about 45 min. To date there is approximately 6 days worth of 24 viewing. Each season is the kind of item that ... Read More
Rating:  -
This Series is pure FANTASY. In order to watch it, you have to actively suspend your disbelief. If you can't, you will not be able to watch it. Now, Keifer Sutherland is a superb actor. He plays Super Man Jack Bauer...an indestructible SuperHero with unlimited Super Powers: never gets hurt, travels at the speed of light, can hit any target with a pistol, is the most intelligent person ever created... etc. Only Jack Bauer, singlehandedly, can save the World! All the Villains are intensely Evil. If ... Read More
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I've never done crack, but watching 24, with intense thrills and cliffhangers will make your head spin and your chest beat faster than any other tv show before it. Everything you have heard about this show is true - watch it and you will not be disappointed.
Rating:  -
This show is absolutely amazing. It's can be best described as a action movie thats long. It'll keep you at the edge of your seat. Since is this is product review the only thing that keeps it from getting 5 stars is the fact that it does not have chapters. You can view only hour by hour (4 hours on a DVD), that was one thing I didn't like. Overall if you like action shows, renegade agents trying to do the right thing. This tv show is for you. Season 1 is probably my favorite season.
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