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Another long day at work for Jack

Advantages: Jacks back
Disadvantages: None i can think of

...on the first season of 24 then you will fully understand the love i have for this show and its characters. Love is a strong word but i'll use it anyway! Another £50 given over to the nice people at HMV and season 2 was purchased. After the experience i had with season 1, i thought it best to try and miss the episodes on TV and wait for the dvd to come out so i could watch 4/5 episodes in a row if i wanted to. It was hard work as my buddies were watching ...
...managed to stay clear of 24 chats! This season in my opinion was better than the first which was hard to do but the writers, cast and directors did an amazing job in keeping people on the edge of their seat. PLOT - As mentioned in my season 1 review, its quite tricky to give you a definitive plot for the whole days events due to the multiple subplots and continued progression of the stories throughout the day, however i will give you a run down ...

Capodon 16.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of 24 - Series 2 - Complete (DVD)

Quick shag better please

Advantages: a high budget visual style picture for those who are into it
Disadvantages: the same old story

“Quicksand” An other commercial crap that makes a lots of money from 2001. This is an exciting and rapidly growing genre of commercial and one way thrillers. If there wasn’t Michael Keaton, Michael Caine and Rade Sherberdzija “Quicksand”, wouldn’t make to television, maybe it would become one episode of the“L.A. Cops” serial on the telly. Film is directed by video making chap who’s probably a ...
...(Keaton), who is sent off to Europe to check up on a film production. He gets to be blamed for the assassin of a politician. Everyone is involved in this affair. The main villain is of course Russian Mafia boss Rade Sherberdzija, whose film production is a cover for porno and people trafficking business. Michael Caine is the star of the film that will never be made. Barely a day passes before a government official gets shot, and Keaton is holding ...

barefoot777 01.07.2004 · Read full review
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Review of Quicksand (DVD)

24 hours of fun fun fun

Advantages: Original and exciting
Disadvantages: series two: Kim

...I say, we were amazed. 24 has all the makings of a superb series and the first season is full of twists and revelations that had me surprised until the very end. Ok, I will get to the point now, 24 is a real time epic which focuses on the life of CTU (Counter Terrorist Unit) agent Jack Bauer in Los Angeles. Each episode focuses on one hour in his very eventful day. We meet characters that we don't know if we can trust them or not, we meet terrorists ...
...Los Angeles within the next 24 hours. Jack finds himself reluctantly being dragged back into the life of a CTU agent. The President of the United States has been informed of the nuclear threat and it is the first time in his term of office he has had to deal with terrorists. Will he survive the day? Will he help Jack in his time of need? Will he do what's necessary to save the city of Angels? In this series we are greeted with old and new characters, ...

mamba17 05.11.2005 · Read full review
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Review of 24 - Series 1-3 - Complete (Box Set) (DVD)

24 Series 1-5

Advantages: Exciting, gripping, unconventional
Disadvantages: Can get a little samey sometimes, Kim Bauer is very annoying!

24 is a series which takes place over 24 hours and each episode covers one hour. There have been five seasons to date and it has been a very successful show both in America and worldwide. Jack Bauer is a federal agent who works for the Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU). He is willing to do whatever it takes to get the job done. Each series of 24 covers a different threat faced by the USA. Jack Bauer and his Counter Terrorist Unit are asked to help handle ...
...Bauer is its supporting cast. The CTU staff all have their own individual characters and quirks and the President of the USA is a very powerful and charasmatic figure. The villains are well drawn in shades of grey and are never charactures. It is a drama that takes itself seriously and doesn't dumb down to its audience. ...

socnsum1 18.10.2006 · Read full review
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Review of 24 - Series 1-5 - Complete (DVD)

For the Love of his Daughter

Advantages: excellent story and acting
Disadvantages: some may find the violence a bit strong

Bryan Mills is a retired spy who has moved to be close to his daughter to try and make up for his absence when she was growing up due to his work. He is getting on well with daughter Kim and soon she has to ask for his permission to spend the summer in Paris with her friend. Bryan does finally agree but gives her rules and tells her she must phone him everyday. As Kim and her friend arrive in Paris things take a turn for the worse as they meet a ...
...Taxi with them and later take them to a party. A few hours later when Kim finally calls her father disaster strikes as men enter the apartment where they are staying and take both Kim and her friend. Bryan uses his contacts to find out who these men are and soon learn that Kim is likely to be sold in the sex trade so he immediately sets of to rescue her. Will Bryan be able to single handily get his daughter back and how will he cope trying to tackle ...

sewbizzie 13.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Taken (DVD)