Charming and brutal

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

I started watching season 1 nearly a year ago and now I have finished all the seasons after fallibg in love with the tv drama and incredible stories and acting. 24 is the best TV show in the history of sTV

Allow me to share some of my random annoyances regarding this otherwise good series:All vehicles are bombs that detonate upon any kind of impact – Yeah, right. The most exciting things always happen at hour:59 – Yeah, right. Terrorists wait for the CTU interpreter to translate what they're saying on the phone before answering each other (S06E17) – Yeah, right. Jack is a celebrity. His trial was broadcast. Then, he goes undercover (S08E04) – Yeah, right.Cultural ignorance & ridiculous casting: Arabs speaking English among themselves – Yeah, right. Russians speaking English among themselves – Yeah, right. Bauer happens to speak Russian well enough to fool a Russian security guard – Yeah, right. S06E14 - Just because Nadia was "born in a Middle Eastern country" they call her a Muslim – Umm, no. S06 - Using clearly Indian actors to portray Arabic characters (Kal Penn and Ajay Mehta) – Why on Earth? S08 - An Indian woman born in 1982 (Nazneen Contractor) is playing the daughter of an Arabic woman born also in 1982 (Necar Zadegan) – Again, why on Earth?Could've been great!

I am going to summarize this for you. All 10 seasons of it!There are terrorists. Good terrorists, bad terrorists, terrorizing terrorists, mesmerizing terrorists... Say it 9 times, fast!In good ol' USA, there is a very powerful agency called CTU (Counter Terrorist Unit).6-8 people work in CTU. 1-3 of them are employed by terrorists at any given moment!CTU headquarters is in Los Angeles. The building and its resources can be accessed by anyone and everyone:* from front * from back * from top * from bottom * from sides * from windows * from basement * from HVAC pipes * from roof above * from sewage canals belowAnyone can enter the building with a federal ID, with a driver's license or with a Walmart gift card. You can probably pass all security checks and find yourself right in the middle of OPs room just by imagining about it! (Seriously, real CTU should sue the hell out of these people for portraying them as the most imbecilic people on planet)Those who enter the building can install C4 explosives, nuclear bombs, nerve gas canisters, EMPs, IEDs, PVTs, EBDs, XEVs, SUVs and untold number of harmful acronyms, and while doing that, can probably carry an elephant or two on their backs between floors without being noticed. They can shoot anyone at random, including very important witnesses that are left to walk around aimlessly. As an additional bonus, CTU building has empty rooms for moles to operate in total privacy.Then there is Jack Bauer, who saves anyone and everyone from bad guys, but not believed or trusted by anyone, even those whose lives he saved multiple times in a row.Jack has a daughter, Kim Bauer. Kim likes to play table tennis and take long walks on the beach. This, of course, is whenever she has time from getting kidnapped -- 8 times per season, sometimes back-to-back or 15 minutes apart. She psychologically broke me. Whenever I see her pop up on screen, on any movie, I feel terrified that she is going to be grabbed again and a new 24 nightmare will start over!Well, 9 seasons of this shythe and a terrible series ending with no closure: Jack surrendering to Russians 39th time, as happened 8 seasons before. Die already!.........And then... And then.............. When you think you have seen it all, there is the masterpiece: The BLACKJACK! The 24 Legacy, Season 10.Jack is replaced by a 16-year old, Politically Correct, Diversity-Certified black boy. This season is a special kind of awful.But I am sure this season was intentional to warm up the audience for what is to come in Season 11: BlackJack Duplex: Black-Gay-Female-Muslim-CecilTheLion Jack in lead, Transgender Freakshow Jenner as President!I mean, come on, bloody hell! The show had great potential, but they overdid it and laced it with stupidity. I was forced to watch it because of gf and it was really painful to finish it all. It was freaking tormenting.See Homeland for a good one. Don't waste your time on this.PS: That gong... I hope whoever decided to torture us with it has it played to him nonstop when he is dying on his deathbed.

Great series, if you could see past the horrible performances of Carlos Bernard and Penny Johnson Jerald. (Tony Almeida/Sherry Palmer) Those two alone almost made me quit watching the series several times.Besides that, the series keeps up the tension through the seasons. Although, there's a few times the plot get's a bit "washed out".