"24" (2001) TV series 2001-????

User Rating:

8.9/10   

Creators:

Robert Cochran
Joel Surnow

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8

Release Date:

6 marraskuu 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

To the world, he's dead. But soon, he'll become the most wanted man alive (Season 5)

Plot:

Federal Agent Jack Bauer can't afford to always play by the rules. As a member of the L.A. Counter Terrorist Unit, Jack must stop bombs, viruses, assassination attempts, and usually save someone he cares about at the same time. Every season of this series has 24 episodes, each unfolding in real time following a consecutive hour in one very bad day.

Plot Keywords:

Bomb | President | Presidential Candidate | Counter Terrorist | Assassination Attempt

Awards:

Won 2 Golden Globes. Another 38 wins & 125 nominations

Cast

Kiefer Sutherland	...	Jack Bauer (177 episodes, 2001-2010)
Carlos Bernard	...	Tony Almeida (117 episodes, 2001-2010)
Mary Lynn Rajskub	...	Chloe O'Brian (108 episodes, 2003-2010)
Dennis Haysbert	...	President David Palmer / ... (79 episodes, 2001-2006)
Elisha Cuthbert	...	Kim Bauer (78 episodes, 2001-2010)

Also Known As:

"24 Hours" (USA) (working title)
"Twenty Four" (International: English title) (alternative spelling)
"24" (Finland) [fi]

Runtime:

42 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Russian | German | Korean | Arabic | Spanish | Serbo-Croatian | Mandarin

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Singapore:PG (season 4) | Ireland:18 (season 2) | Brazil:14 (seasons 2, 5, 6) | Brazil:16 (seasons 1, 3, 4) | New Zealand:M (Season 4 DVD rating) | New Zealand:R16 (season 2, 3 DVD rating) | Ireland:15 (seasons 1,3,4 and 5) | Netherlands:12 | New Zealand:R16 (Season 5 DVD rating) | Singapore:NC-16 (season 1- 3) (season 5) (season 6) (season 7) | South Korea:15 | Hungary:16 (some episodes) | Italy:VM14 (sky rating) | Italy:VM18 (mediaset rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA (DVD rating) | Australia:M (cable rating) | Czech Republic:15 (DVD rating) | Finland:K-15 (DVD rating) | Germany:16 (DVD rating) | New Zealand:R13 (season 1) | South Africa:PG | UK:15 (video rating) | USA:TV-14

Filming Locations:

Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Imagine Entertainment

Trivia:

Jack's last name came from a character we've seen in "La Femme Nikita" (1997) (Peter Bauer, #1.06). The famous split screen we see in 24 was used on La Femme Nikita #1.03 and Jack's motto "whatever it takes" is said by Michael and Madeleine in the first season of La Femme Nikita.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the Season 5 episode where president Logan intends to send his wife to a mental hospital, he decides the last moment to change his mind and pick up his wife who already sits somewhat paralyzed in the car, while assistants and agents pack her bags etc.. We then see the split-screens of the actual occurring events, in especially President Logan standing in his office/retreat pacing and thinking, therefore clearly inside the house. But when the scene cuts complete to Martha Logan in the car, suddenly the President turns up at the car and gets his wife out of it, to tell her he is not going to send her to the hospital. This appears only seconds of real-time later, after we saw President Logan still being inside the house. To the reach the car in this short period of time was not possible for him.

Quotes:

James Heller: I am the Secretary of Defense of the United States of America. You will listen to me!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Pastewka: Der Werbetrailer - Teil 1 (#2.4)" (2006)

Fantastic TV

24, What can i say? A breakthrough in TV history, one of the greatest show's to reach our screen in a long time. With amazing plot lines that changed constantly, you can never trust a character no matter what, and you can never grow to love a character as tradition within 24 has it, everyone dies in the end.

Season One was fantastic followed by another amazing season, then the show shook with a rockety season 3. However producers reinvented 24 with its forth season followed by another brilliant season, but the curse of the third season struck once more, season 6. It started well, but towards the end it made you feel, they've done this before, and you would find yourself thinking, what actually happened ? Producers promise Season 7 and 8 to be a new re-invention, with a totally new cast, lets hope it survives...