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DVD 24 - Season Three
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 (Elisha Cuthbert) 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 (Kiefer Sutherland) attempts to broker a deal for the virus involving drug kingpin Ramon Salazar (Joaquim de Almeida), 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 (Sarah Clarke) and former First Lady Sherry Palmer (Penny Johnson Jerald); a troubled romance between Kim and Jack's new partner Chase (James Badge Dale); and a scandalized reelection campaign by president David Palmer (Dennis Haysbert), who monitors CTU as they struggle to (literally) save the day.
The intricately woven subplots that are 24's greatest strength are masterfully developed here, and character arcs are equally strong, especially among CTU staffers Tony (Carlos Bernard) and his wife Michelle (Reiko Aylesworth); CTU director Ryan Chappelle (Paul Schulze), who is season 2's tragic bargaining chip; and the annoying but well-intentioned Chloe O'Brian (Mary Lynn Rajskub), who makes pivotal contributions with by-the-book efficiency. It's 24's superior casting that overcomes the series' occasional lapses in credibility, and season 3's twists make marathon viewing a nerve-wracking delight. By the time it's all over, 24 once again leaves you gratefully exhausted. As always, Sutherland anchors the series in the role he was born to play. When Jack takes a private moment to release 24 hours' worth of near-fatal tension and psychological anguish, Sutherland proves that 24's dramatic priorities are as important as its thriller momentum. DVD extras include behind-the-scenes featurettes (about the prison break sequence, climactic F-18 Hornet air-strike, and real-life bio-weaponry) that pay welcome tribute to the series' hard-working crew, who create Emmy-worthy television under pressures as intense as 24 itself. --Jeff Shannon
An outstanding series, 24 Season Three brings to the screen the parallel stories of mainly: Jack Bauer, Tony Almeda/Michelle Dessler, Kim Bauer/Chase Edmunds and President David Palmer/Wayne Palmer/Sherry Palmer among others.
The setting is Los Angeles 3 years after the nuclear incident and over 4 years after the events on the day of the Democratic California Primary, and Federal (CTU) agent Jack Bauer is trying to thwart an attempt to release a deadly virus on the general population. As is the case with this series though, there is much more than meets than eye...
Kiefer Sutherland, Sarah Clark (who is GORGEOUS!), Reiko Aylesworth, Carlos Bernard, Dennis Haysbert, and the rest of the cast, have truly outdone themselves with their performances, which are exceptional to say the least. Very well written and very well presented, the series is without a doubt guaranteed to provide hours of entertainment.
The major setbacks are in relation to:
1) There is no closure between Seasons Two and Three; e.g. how Carrie was removed, what happened to Mason's son, the President/Nation rewarding/thanking Bauer for preventing the country from going to war, what happened with Kate Warner and Jack, how they got together and how/why they ended up splitting up.
Instead Season Three starts off abruptly and with a lot of gaps and unpleasant surprises in the form of new, very young and very annoying CTU members.
Way too much has happened in the last three years and we get very little info.
2) Season Three starts off in a rather uninteresting way: the whole Mexican underworld/crime boss is very weak compared to the themes from the previous two seasons. The gardener's daughter and her brother were especially bad.
The magic of the first two seasons is definitely not here.
The result is that the first 3 dvd's (about 10-12 episodes) were dreadful.
3) There's also the whole Kim and Chase story and the unnecessary child issue (!!!) in typical soap opera fashion...
4) Supporting/minor characters like Adam and Chloe were just not likable.
5) Chase has a lot of nerve talking to Bauer (who is a legend by now) like they are buddies going way back.
6) The President's "relationship" was unnecessary and left a bad aftertaste.
7) No-brain-Kim is still as annoying as ever, and now she works at CTU??? It must have been a BIG presidential favor though they could have her do simple things like make the coffee...
8) The ridiculous capture and then re-capture of Michelle out of blue.
9) The average agent's age dropping unrealistically low so that it's almost like a bunch of kids running CTU.
10) The President's brother who arrived out-of-nowhere was just bad and the whole thing brings to mind the Kennedies.
11) Season Three speaks some truths about the USA being despised globally due to bad foreign policy, but ideas of withdrawing within their borders and minding their own business is not necessarily a bad a thing and should not be "demonized."
On the positive side:
1) Very original to have the whole series be "24 hours."
2) Kiefer Sutherland and Sarah Clark are AMAZING and have an AMAZING chemistry, while Dennis Haysbert and Carlos Bernard were born for their respective roles.
3) 24 Sheds light on US Gov. operations that lead the rest of the world to resent America.
4) A good look into the dirty world of politics.
In short, 24 is a series definitely worth watching and one to seriously consider adding to your movie collection! KEEP'EM COMING!!!
Excellent!
......the first time I was exposed to 24 was during the season premiere of Season Five. I was at a friends house and he was flipping through the channels and this was on. I loved the show from then on, but knew I would have to get caught up to know what was going on. I never watched an episode again for a long time (because I always worked when it was on). Recently one of my friends was telling me how great a show 24 is, and a store had the Seasons 1-4 on sale for $16, so I decided, why the hell not. I bought Seasons 1-3, then four and now 5. This is by far the best TV show I have ever watched. You will litteraly get hooked on it, as you will want to know what is going to happen next. It's full of plot twists and will not put you to sleep, it is very good. I don't want to give any details for those that have not watched it. Season 3 is about a virus that is set to be released in L.A. and 11 other locations. This season blew me away! It is fast paced action packed from start to finish. A lot of events occurred that I never expected (don't want to spoil it). Please, if you haven't got this far start from Season 1 and work your way up to the end, you will appreciate what is ahppening more. Also, do not read about upcoming seasons that you haven't watched (don't even read the back of the package as they contain spoilers). Stay away from message boards and don't talk to those that have watched seasons you haven't because they will give you spoilers! I loved Season 3, I have nothing bad to say about it I give it 5 stars. Now I am off to start Season 4! Until then...
A Great Collection of Episodes
24 season three is plentiful with plot nice twists and turns, many of which end up as a great series. This aspect proves to be both a strength and a weakness. Watching the entire season in such a brief period of time, I noticed how it is clearly divided between two stories, while the plot twists proved to be natural and compelling during the first story. Regardless of any flaws, 24-season Three is the best television series I have ever seen. Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer instantly stands out as a great character trying to do whats right, while also struggling to keep his family safe.
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.
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Oh boy. Here we go again! Just another exciting day in the life of 24 super-agent Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland). The season kicks off with a deadly terrorist strike resulting in the kidnapping of his new boss, the U.S. Secretary of Defense James Heller (William Devane). 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 (Arnold Voslo) 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... More Info about this DVD DVD Release Date: Released the 06 December 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Such a simple idea--yet so fiendishly complex in the execution. 24, as surely everyone knows by now, is a thriller that takes places over 24 hours, midnight to midnight, in 24 one-hour episodes (well, 45-minute episodes if you subtract the commercials). 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. Not that easy.
Creator Robert Cochran and his team of writers and directors have done an impressive job of putting the jigsaw together and keeping the tension ratcheted up high, as federal agent Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) runs around L.A. trying to stall an assassination attempt on an... More Info about this DVD DVD Release Date: Released the 17 September 2002 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Arguably the series' best season to date, season 5 of 24 literally starts with a bang and never lets up, with an intricate executive-level conspiracy to control Central Asia's oil supply. Piling crisis upon crisis in an escalating series of deceptions, twists, and deeply hidden agendas, the day-long ordeal begins with a devastating political assassination connected to a disgraced former CTU agent (Peter Weller) and a radical group of Russian separatists (led by British actor Julian Sands) threatening to release lethal nerve gas in Los Angeles to protest a U.S./Russian treaty about to be signed by President Charles Logan (Gregory Itzin). As Logan's unstable wife Martha (Jean Smart), Secret Service agent Aaron Pierce (Glenn Morshower), and chief of staff Mike Novick (Jude... More Info about this DVD DVD Release Date: Released the 05 December 2006 Usually ships in 24 hours
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He pops pills, watches soaps, and always, always says what's on his mind. He's Dr. Gregory House (Emmy nominee Hugh Laurie, Blackadder). Producers David Shore, Bryan Singer, Katie Jacobs, and Paul Attanasio haven't rewritten the hospital drama--at heart, it's a cross between St. Elsewhere, ER, and C.S.I.--but they've infused a moribund genre with new life and created one of TV's most compelling characters. More than any previous medical procedural, it resembles Attanasio’s underrated Gideon's Crossing, but House is lighter on its feet. As fascinating as he is, the show wouldn't work as well if it were all House all the time (that would be like Sherlock Holmes without Watson or Moriarty). Fortunately, he's joined by an intriguing cast of... More Info about this DVD DVD Release Date: Released the 30 August 2005 Usually ships in 6 to 10 days
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