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Avg. Customer Rating:  (based on 516 reviews)
Sales Rank: 36
Category: DVD
Author: 24
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Label: 20th Century Fox
Format: Box Set, Closed-captioned, Color, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 999 minutes
Number Of Items: 6
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.7 x 1.5
UPC: 024543054160
EAN: 0024543054160
ASIN: B00005JLF2
Release Date: September 17, 2002
Theatrical Release Date: November 30, 2001
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Editorial Reviews:
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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
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Customer Reviews: Read 511 more reviews...
 The longest day of my life. June 19, 2006
Just when Jack, Teri, and Kim bauer settle down to go to sleep the longest day of Jack's life begins of when Jack finds out an assasination attempt is made at the same time that Kim sneaks out of her room and she walks right in to a kidnapping. In 24 hours Jack saves the day but the day ends off badly with a twist that will change Jack's life. The show is great and gets you addicted by the first minute. The life of Jack Bauer is portrayed and producers and directors do a good job of making a show that keeps people watching.
Loving it! Super Addictive and Great series! June 18, 2006
Don't miss it! Believe me, you will watch them in a short period then you will buy the next season.
Kiefer Sutherland in 24 is amazing! The story is in 24 hours period, but full intensity, excellent performances, and brilliant plot!
Fabulous and inventive, though overstated June 17, 2006
You don't need me to tell you what the show was about, how it's organized, etc. In fact, you'd do better to avoid all of the other reviews (and the "product description" above) and know only that it's a sensationalist political/terrorist thriller that purportedly happens in real time. Anything else would be giving away plot devices and twists and turns that would diminish your enjoyment. (I will, though, mention one odd one that I don't see in other reviews: the use of cell phones to continue dialogue and keep characters "in play" while they move from one location to another.)
What you DO need me to tell you is that the "real time" aspect is a stretch you shouldn't get too caught up in. Since I live in LA, and have travelled many of the routes covered in each of these seasons, I can pretty much guarantee that the travel times are often BS. I can also assure you that some of the cell calls (see above) wouldnt happen as they're depicted, because of lousy cell coverage in some of the locations. (Jack's phone may not be a conventional cell phone, but several other characters' are.)
You also may need me to tell you that while Season One was blisteringly exciting and gripping, from the first scene to the last, the other seasons diminished radically in entertainment value. Season two involved several false starts that didn't add much except and episode or two of confusion. Season three includes some absurd side plots that went nowhere fast and then "back to square one" (an overused phrase anywhere, including in this series). I started watching Season Four but, frankly, gave up. The plot connections were growing thin, the character backgrounds had begun to be overplayed, the emphasis on Jack has hero didn't pan out as clearly as the network's obvious need to keep Keifer in the mix - and I wasn't going to risk wasting any more time on episodes that didn't add to the story line.
So, get Season One. Definitely. Maybe even watch in straight through, in 24 hours (taking the 7-minutes-per-half-hour commercial reductions for bathroom breaks, snacks, naps, and/or reflection). Consider watching the second season - and skip the other two unless you're just insanely bored and can't find something better to do with your life - which, one might argue, would be sad. :)
Watched it in 3 days - this was good June 16, 2006
So...after losing circulation to my hindparts and vegging for three days, I was so engrossed in this that I may need a support group now that I'm not feeding the addiction anymore. 24 is an excellent series that never leaves the end of an epsode solved. Watching on TV week to week, this would drive me nuts. On DVD, it's hard to stop watching. If you like Dan Brown's novels like "Angels and Demons" and "Da Vinci Code", 24 keeps the twists going in a very similar way. Some of the acting is typical TVish stuff, but most of it is well done and the stories are very exciting. Dennis Hopper's accent stinks and that's the worst part of the entire rseason. "Well done" to the cast and producers of this!
 Pretty good, but not THAT good June 15, 2006
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Well, the title says it all really... but here it goes.
Even if you haven't seen an episode of this on TV, you probably heard *of* it, and undoubtedly the concept behind it. Yes, it's pretty intriguing, and that's what pulled me into renting the whole season to watch over an idle weekend. Maybe I was too worked up, but `24' definitely lacks the polish of other popular TV shows, especially those from the HBO productions. While most of the episodes are quite entertaining, some of the events in the story are simply implausible... and they WILL glare at you and beg for your suspension of disbelief. I would say the same for the characters. They are very one-dimensional, which yields to easy storytelling but rather poor in the department of earning credibility or your empathy.
On the brighter side, you *will* be entertained for 24 hours. I would give this 3.5 stars if I had a choice, but it deserves a 4 more than a 3 for it's unique concept and reasonably good delivery of it.
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