24 - Series 1 - Complete (Box Set)

Advantages: Addictive
Disadvantages: Uses hours of your life

...missed the first series of 24 when it was on TV, I had heard some friends talking about it, and saying how compulsive they found it. I found the series so gripping that the promise I had made to myself to only watch the first episode and see how much I enjoyed it was blown out of the water. The first night of watching 24, I suddenly realised that I had watched 6 hours of TV, a very unusual occurrence for me. What is 24? 24 is an American made thriller. ...
...is about the 24 hours beginning at midnight, on the day of the California Presidential Primary. It follows the story of a few main characters, and the way that their lives become intertwined over the 24 hour period. The first series of 24 is largely set in CTU (The Counter Terrorist Unit) in Los Angeles. CTU is fictional, and is supposed to be a branch of the CIA. One of the main briefs of CTU is to protect America, and Americans from terrorist threats. ... Read review

Advantages: 17 and a half hours of tense action and atmosphere
Disadvantages: Nothing! It is perfect! (Except maybe some more extras would be nice...)

I first heard about 24 in a DVD review in a magazine. They said it was the best Drama they had ever witnessed! It was some time later that Season 2 started on TV. Remembering the review I thought to myself that I will give it a go! After 40 minutes of staring at the Tele with wide eyes and adrenaline pumping through my veins I was hooked! I watched the second episode the next week and it was the greatest 40 minutes of my life! Wow this is good! ...
...one go. Structure ----------------------------------- 24 has a unique structure that really defines the series from everything else. The series consists of 24 episodes each representing 1 hour in real time. There is a digital clock with a high-tech ticking that appears constantly so you can see what the time is in the programme. This is very important as important times are often mentioned. Normally when the clock appears the screen divides into ... Read review

Advantages: An original concept, good acting.
Disadvantages: It's addictive

...the highly acclaimed TV drama 24 starring Keifer Sutherland as the now infamous Jack Bauer. Let's see where to start: The longest day of Jack Bauer's life begins at just turned midnight on the day of the presidential primaries, slowly at first, he is relaxing playing chess with his daughter Kimberly. There is no tension in these first scenes, we get some inclination that there is lots of history to this guy, this Jack Bauer guy, and over the course ...
...the course of the next 24 hours events too. Kimberly heads off to bed and we feel an undercurrent of conflict between the mother and daughter as Jack gets a call from work. Jack leads the team at CTU - the counter-terrorist unit of the government, he gets to work to find that there has been an assassination threat on one of the candidates for the presidential election, David Palmer. The plot is massive and very complex, twisting and turning at ... Read review

Advantages: Will Grip You From Start to Finish
Disadvantages: You Will Lose a Day of your Life

...[Dennis Haysbert] and so his 24 hours of hell begin at precisely midnight. During that 24 hours Jack has to deal with internal treachery and mistrust, with family crisis, with coerced compliance with terrorists, with stopping the assassination, with betrayal and with pure hands on gritty field agent work which he does in his own unorthodox, questionable and inimitable style. As each hour ticks by the situation intensifies, the stakes become higher, ...
...I think you'll thoroughly enjoy 24 Season 1 hence I recommend it to you. Technical Stuff: Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Writers: Robert Cochrane, Joel Surnow, Michael Loceff, Chip Johannessen, Howard Gordon, Andrew Newman, Virgil Williams, Lawrence Hertzog, Michale Chernuchin, Maurice Hurley. Directors: Stephen Hopkins, Winrich Kolbe, Bryan Spicer, David Guggenheim, Jon Cassar, Fred Keller, Paul Shapiro. Main Cast: [Necessarily long] ... Read review

Advantages: Fast moving, thrilling
Disadvantages: none, scary though!

...work to watch my new 24 box set in 1 sitting! I got plenty of supplies to keep me going for the day; pizza, cidar, doritos and dip!! I first got into 24 during the first series, however I missed some episodes and it wasn't till the second series that I watched every week. I saw this box set in Tesco for £24!! At just £1 per hour, I thought it was too good to miss... 24 is a creative, revolutionary television program - '24' (representing the number ...
...has lead to a favourite 24 drinking game amongst fans! You down a shot every time he says it - and in extreme situations like chase sequences, Jack sometimes says 'Damn it, damn it' as Keifer Sutherland knows about this game and wants to get the fans steamin! Here are some of the best quotes from this season... Quotes: Jack Bauer: You can look the other way once, and it's no big deal, except it makes it easier for you to compromise the next time, ... Read review