Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #25514 in DVD
• Released on: 2006-12-05
• Number of discs: 34
• Format: NTSC
• Original language: Arabic, English, German, Korean, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish
• Subtitled in: English, Spanish
• Number of discs: 34

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Season 1: 24, as surely everyone knows by now, is a thriller that takes places over 24 hours, midnight to midnight, in 24 one-hour episodes. 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. 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; and as for Dennis Hopper's "Serbian" accent.... Even so, this is undeniably mold-breaking TV. Like Murder One and The Sopranos, 24 is one of those series that future TV thrillers will be measured against. --Philip Kemp

Season 2: Jack Bauer is having another one of his "very bad days" in the second season of the groundbreaking real-time thriller 24. Once again the hours are ticking by with more guaranteed cliffhangers than a convention of mountain climbers. Holed up in a Los Angeles condo and estranged from his daughter, Jack is no longer on the government payroll; unfortunately for him, this small fact doesn't seem to matter to President David Palmer 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. All Jack wants is to get his daughter out of the city, unfortunately Kim's new employer, the abusive father of the child she is nannying, has other ideas.

Season 3: There's not one cougar to be found in 24's dynamic third season, and that's good news for everyone. After Jack Bauer's daughter Kim survived hokey hazards in season 2, she's now a full-time staffer at CTU, the L.A.-based intelligence beehive that's abuzz once again--three years after the events of "Day Two"--when 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 drug kingpin Ramon Salazar, whose operation Jack successfully infiltrated at high personal cost: to maintain his cover, he got hooked on heroin. That potentially deadly triangle--drug lords, addiction, and bioterrorism on a massive scale--sets the 24-hour clock ticking in a tight, action-packed plot involving a potential traitor in CTU's midst; the return of TV's greatest villainesses in Nina Meyers and former First Lady Sherry Palmer; a troubled romance between Kim and Jack's new partner Chase; and a scandalized reelection campaign by president David Palmer, who monitors CTU as they struggle to (literally) save the day.

Season 4: The fourth season kicks off with a deadly terrorist strike resulting in the kidnapping of his new boss, the U.S. Secretary of Defense James Heller. Although a fired, ex-employee of the Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU), it is no surprise who is going to shift into full gear to bring the terrorists to justice. However, it doesn't take the super-agent long to discover the kidnapping of his boss is part of a much larger plan, master-minded by Habib Marvan the middle eastern terrorist cell leader the US government has been trying to track down for years. Considered by many to be the best season of the first four, 24 - Season 4 is a definite departure from the first three seasons; it's still amped up beyond anything else on TV, but compared to the previous seasons, 24 has gotten a lot smarter, and in turn, better. --Rob Bracco

Season 5: Eighteen months after faking his own death, Jack Bauer is forced to return to Los Angeles when it becomes apparent that the only four people who know he is still alive are being systemically targeted for assassination. The assassinations coincide with the signing of an anti-terrorism treaty between Russia and the U.S., leading Jack to suspect a link between the assassinations, the treaty, and a group of Russian terrorists. But as events slowly unfold it becomes apparent that the day's horrific events were originally set in motion by someone within our country's own administration – an individual with the power and resources to thwart Jack's every move.

Customer Reviews

7 episodes and I'm hooked
Prior to receiving this as a Christmas gift, I had never watched 24. All I can say is that I am now hooked. The show is simply riveting and I do not see how a person could wait from one week to the next to watch it on regular TV. A DVD is the perfect platform for watching this show. To me, it is reminiscent of a combination of James Bond movies (sans gadgetry) and Tom Clancy books/movies. It is non-stop action. An episode can be watched in around 41 minutes.

24 Has Broken Up My Marriage
I have been riveted to the television watching this extraordinary collection of 24. I refuse to bathe, eat or leave the house until I can get thru Season 5 before next week's premiere of 24. My wife refuses to speak with me and is filing separation papers as I write. Seriously, as a previous skeptic of this series, I want to categorically state that 24 is the finest program currently on television and the show, cast and crew deserve all the awards and accolades they have received over the past five years. It is a remarkable, remarkable series and I highly recommend it. Ten Stars!!!!

For about $1.45 and hour, how can you go wrong?
24 is a direct descendent of the Saturday morning serials of the 1930s and 1940s. At the end of each episode, the villain will spring a trap or something will happen that leaves viewers on the edge of their seat. The nice thing about having the DVD set is you do not have to wait the week or suffer through commercial breaks. This is not Shakespeare nor will you want to do much thinking about the story. When my wife or I comment, the other always says, "You are thinking, stop and enjoy the show". 24 is pure escapist fun, sit back relax enjoy yourself.

The product description outlines the plot for each season; you do not need more than that to understand the bare bones of the series. Being careful to provide no spoilers, you need to watch this in sequence. Other story lines and character development are best enjoyed by staying in sequence. The owners care deeply about the franchise, they put effort into character development, secondary stories and recurring minor characters. This effort adds value and provides the viewer with more than just a shoot `em up. The acting is good; you will develop an affection for the characters that is a requirement of a successful series and this is one!