24 - Season 4 (Slim Pack)

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Actor: Carlos Bernard, Kiefer Sutherland, Kim Raver, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Reiko Aylesworth
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: Arabic (Original Language); English (Original Language); German (Original Language); Korean (Original Language); Russian (Original Language); Serbo-Croatian (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: Box set, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 1052 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-05-22
Studio: Fox Network

DVD Reviews of 24 - Season 4 (Slim Pack)

DVD Review: The most thrilling and pulse pounding action/drama ever to be seen on TV!
Summary: 5 Stars

WARNING! PLOT SPOILERS, DO NOT READ THIS IF YOU HAVE NOT YET WATCHED THE SEASON!

I took my interest in 24 at the start of the sixth season, but once I saw the first 2 episodes, I immediately got hooked. From a website that a friend gave me, I watched Seasons 1 through 5 in 20 days! It started out on average of six, and then with Seasons 4 and 5, I plowed through it because I simply couldn't stop. Now that I look back, I shall say with full confidence, that Season 4 is the greatest season in the entire series of 24.

Season 4 is a day starting at 7:00 AM with a train bombing, and ending with Jack Bauer's "death." The numerous terrorist attacks that occur throughout the day are the handwork of one man with the cunning, intelligence, and resolve for Bauer to match. Arnold Vosloo plays the brilliant terrorist mastermind Habib Marwan who is the engine behind all the attacks that occur on that one day. The train bombing at 7:00 AM, the kidnapping of the Secretary of Defense and his daughter at 8:00 AM, the meltdown of 6 nuclear power plants across the nation, the shooting down of Air Force One, and the nuclear warhead launched from Iowa to a major city in the country. It seems impossible for all this to happen in one day, but this is part of the genius behind Season 4, as well as the genius of Habib Marwan that he was able to plan it all out, and nearly succeeded in his attempts.

What I love about Season 4 is more than just the action and pulse pounding suspense throughout and the surprise ending. I love the main characters in the show - Jack Bauer, Tony Almeida, James Heller, Curtis Manning, Habib Marwan, David Palmer, Paul Raines, and of course Chloe O'Brian. More importantly however, I love the overall genius behind the season. We live in a nation that up until 9/11, had not been attacked since Pearl Harbor. The overall casualty list of 9/11 and Pearl Harbor is somewhere around 3000 people. This is not to undermine these attacks, being a tragic and detrimental loss to our great nation as they were, but I'd like you to think about this. However in retrospect, Habib Marwan makes Osama Bin Laden look like a pawn in a game of Chess. Can you imagine if Marwan was real, and if his attacks had actually succeeded without Jack Bauer and his awesome allies? This nation would never recover. The nation would be humiliated by the public televised execution of the Secretary of Defense and the shooting down of Air Force One. This nation would be forever scarred by the reactor meltdowns throughout the country and the utter devastation of Los Angeles. That nuclear warhead would have wiped out the entire city - a city which consists of over 9 million people, and the radiation in the places that are hit would make those areas uninhabitable for almost a century. That's what I love about Season 4.

Thank god for people like Jack Bauer and those who serve their country with pride and honor, to worry about their share of the reward only after the job is done, and to put their own lives in front of others to protect the innocent from those who seek to destroy us. Obviously there is no real Jack Bauer in this country, but his heroism is depicted at its best in Season 4, and his heroism is reflected by those in the military, firefighters - like the ones who went into the collapsing World Trade Center to get people out, policemen who fight crime every day, and people who keep a constant watch over the security of the greatest nation on the face of the earth. This season isn't to make any political statement even if it may seem apparent or even prudent to do so; this season isn't to try and justify torture and condone lawyers who defend clients who are clearly guilty, nor is this season trying to show Arabs and Middle Easterners as the clear enemy. This season is a depiction of American heroism at its best in the face of great evil and danger, and this season is a brilliant story with a very bittersweet ending that leads straight into the awesome Season 5.

24 is my all time favorite series on Television and Season 4 is my favorite season so far, and probably always will be unless Seasons 7 or 8 manage to top it. I hope this review was helpful to you all, and I hope that those who watch the show will continue to watch it to the end and perhaps pull some friends into the fun as well. Thanks for reading this, God Bless You, and God Bless the United States of America.

DVD Review: Uneven quality undermines this wild ride
Summary: 3 Stars

Season 4 begins with Jack Bauer working for the Secretary of Defense, James Heller. We have a new president in the form of John Keeler and most of the faces in CTU are also new. In addition, Jack has a new girlfriend in the form of Audrey Raines, daughter to Jack's boss. Jack, Audrey, and Heller are visiting L.A. when terrorist activity begins to heat up in a way that involves them very directly. Needless to say, it doesn't take long for Jack to be thrust back into action to stop the bad guys. Normally, I write reviews that offer a bit more info on the plot, but with this show I'm not comfortable doing that. Too much of the punch that 24 has to offer comes from all the twists and turns of the story and giving those away is not fair to new viewers.

As mentioned, there are many new faces in the cast this season and most of them work pretty well. Curtis Manning makes a good no-nonsense agent with a solid presence. Erin Driscoll is the new head of CTU Los Angeles and looks like a moronic bureaucrat in the first couple of episodes but then mercifully starts to act in a much more competent fashion. In addition to all the new faces, a few old friends return as the season progresses. A surprise absence was Kim Bauer, for which I was highly grateful. Probably the worst character depiction was Chloe O'Brian. She was quirky and abrasive in 24 - Season Three but I liked her for the most part. This season, she is just rude and condescending every time she opens her mouth no matter what the situation is. It's so over the top that it really doesn't make any sense at all and is just irritating to watch.

Without giving away specifics, the plot is another case of very mixed quality ideas. The first half to two-thirds of the season is relatively tight and holds up well but then it stumbles badly. You start seeing things like a terrorist driving a jeep on a deserted road in the desert and yet a CTU helicopter can't find him. A company is afraid that computer records might make them look bad so they take actions that would be guaranteed to land the executives in jail for life and get the corporation shut down forever. A man is badly wounded and instead of taking him to a hospital, they take him to the little clinic at CTU. All of these things are contrivances to make things harder for Jack either immediately or later on, but they are so poorly conceived that they badly undermine the credibility of the show as you watch it.

Trying to give 24-Season 4 a rating in stars is difficult because the season fluctuates so wildly in quality almost from minute to minute. At it's best, it keeps you on the edge of your seat. At it's worst, you'll roll your eyes and grind your teeth as yet another arbitrary obstacle is thrown in Jack's way that makes no sense whatsoever. The soap opera that occurs between various characters also gets very tiresome. After watching the first four seasons on DVD (I've never watched the show on TV) I can say that more and more plot elements are getting recycled and the magic is starting to wear off for me. I may buy the next season at some point, but I'm ready for some time off after watching this one. I would recommend this only to people who really loved the first three seasons and are hungry for more.

DVD Review: A great season of a geat show
Summary: 4 Stars

24 Season Four has Jack facing mid-eastern extremists. The plot is solid (as is the acting) and the action is just plain awesome. As common to 24 however, there are a lot of things that happen that are quite frustrating :p. But really this is a great season of 24 and worth watching whether you are a fan or not.

On a side note, I got my slim pack of Season 4 at a sale at an electonics store, I can't believe the ridiculous price Amazon is asking for these slim packs online.

Description of 24 - Season 4 (Slim Pack)

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.In this concept drama each season takes place within one 24 hour period. Jack Bauer is the head of an elite team of CIA agents who uncover an assassination plot targeting Presidential nominee David Palmer. Meanwhile Jack's strained marriage to his wife Teri is pushed to the brink by the sudden disappearance of their troubled teenage daughter. What will the next 24 hours hold?Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:?TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating:?NR UPC:?024543442974 Manufacturer No:?2244297

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