Product details: - Product group: DVD
- Edition: DVD
- Publisher: Fox Home Entertainment
- Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
- Release Date: 2005-04-12
- Starring: Kiefer Sutherland
- Encoding: Region 1
- Studio: Fox Home Entertainment
- Aspect Ratio(s): 1.78:1
- Manufacturer: Fox Home Entertainment
- Package Dimensions: 7.7 x 75 x 34 inches
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 bad guys. In the second season, Jack is no longer on the government payroll; unfortunately for him, this small fact doesn't seem to matter to the president and the NSA, who call him back in to the CTU and give him 24 hours to infiltrate a terrorist organization that is planning to detonate a dirty bomb in the city of angels. Fans of the original won't be disappointed, as there are more than enough shock moments in the first few hours to hint at the climactic build-up to come, while newcomers can quickly get involved in the lives of Jack and his family. In the third season--three years after the events of "Day Two"--a vengeful terrorist threatens to release a lethal virus that could wipe out much of the country's population. Jack attempts to broker a deal for the virus involving a drug kingpin, setting the 24-hour clock ticking in a tight, action-packed plot involving a potential traitor in CTU's midst. The intricately woven subplots that are 24's greatest strength are masterfully developed here, and character arcs are equally strong. It's 24's superior casting that overcomes the series' occasional lapses in credibility, and season 3's twists make marathon viewing a nerve-wracking delight. As always, Sutherland anchors the series in the role he was born to play. Customer reviews:  Wonderful TV`, 2007-01-04
What more could you want - three seasons of the great TV show 24 to watch whenever you want. I can't wait for season 4.
Is this what a heroin addiction feels like?, 2006-03-28
I never knew I could master so many remote controls with such speed and accuracy as I go from one hour to the next, from one season to the next. I heard all the buzz about 24, but never saw even one episode. Anyway, I finally bought the first year on DVD just a few weeks ago. I bought the rest of the available seasons, 2-4, before I had even finished the first! I am almost finished with season 3 and my wife comments that this proves that I do in fact have time to go to the gym. Curse you 24! There is no way I will ever watch this series except on DVD, I simply couldn't take the wait between episodes.
More. I want more. Give me more. NOW! I NEED MY FIX!!! Customers who bought this item also bought:
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