24: Season Seven
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Actor: Carlos Bernard, Elisha Cuthbert, James Morrison, Kiefer Sutherland, Mary Lynn RajskubBrand: Fox
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: AC-3, Box set, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 1050 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-05-19
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: 20th Century Fox
DVD Reviews of 24: Season Seven
DVD Review: Preserving the Constitution by whipping out that full interrogation packet - Jack Bauer's at it again
Summary: 5 Stars
After a lengthy hiatus, Jack finally has another really bad day. I don't know how many more times Jack gets himself out only to be pulled back into the counter-terrorism gig, but 24: SEASON 7 demonstrates that there are still legs on this thing. In the show's internal continuity, four years have elapsed since the events in Season 6, and in the interim Jack had roamed from place to place in search of some kind of inner peace. Except I'm guessing that wasn't ever gonna work out.
The damnable writers' strike of 2007-08 delayed Season 7 for one year - which, as it turns out, was a blessing in disguise for the writers of 24 as they'd been stuck for ideas - and it wasn't until the 24: Redemption television movie came out that I finally became convinced that there really was gonna be a seventh year. I frankly thought 24 was done. But here's Jack Bauer again, scarred and wracked with guilt, his methods condemned, still saving the world.
As mentioned, four years had passed, and things haven't stayed the same. There's a new American President, a woman. CTU had been shut down, its tactics questioned and its operatives scattered. In Washington, D.C., Jack Bauer is on the verge of being indicted for past acts of brutality. But then a daring, broad daylight kidnapping puts Jack's trial on hold as the FBI seeks his expertise. Especially since one of the kidnappers is identified as Jack's old friend Tony Almeida, who isn't quite as deceased as everyone had assumed. From there, things quickly worsen.
I think it's a boost in the arm, switching things up, moving to D.C. and taking CTU out of the equation and putting in the FBI as Jack's new intel and tech support - although one character would refer to the FBI agency as "CTU Lite." This introduces a running theme (and a hot button topic), that of Jack's ruthlessly doing whatever it takes to achieve his objective versus the FBI's strictly by the book methods. There's a new supporting cast brought in, with FBI agent Renee Walker impacting Jack the most. Agent Walker, in some ways, demonstrates how someone, under extreme duress and in light of horrific circumstances, can be swayed into adopting Jack's perspective. Her boss and friend cautions her: "Renee, we're FBI, not CTU. We honor the law." But how do you hold back when the price of idealism is possibly thousands of murdered lives? The most startling thing for me, though, may have been when Janeane Garafalo shows up as an FBI computer analyst. Talk about wonderful counter-casting.
Season 7 basically unfolds in three stages, starting out as a follow up to 24: REDEMPTION as Jack and the FBI go up against the murderous warlord of Sangala. 24 still reeks of extreme paranoia and pervasive conspiracies, so it shouldn't be a surprise when Jack and Walker learn that things go much deeper than the Sangalan plot. There are layers and layers of duplicity.
In another front, there's good focus on the President, effectively portrayed by Cherry Jones, as the American government once again falls under siege. There are sub-plots involving the suicide of her son and the alienation of her daughter. And, as usual, you never quite know who you can trust in the White House, in that most elite inner circle.
It's pretty cool that Carlos Bernard is back, which means that Tony Almeida is back, or rather a darker, even more smoldering version of Tony. But it's almost like old times seeing him and Jack side by side again. They're eventually joined by other familiar faces, including one of my old favorites, Glenn Morshower, as straight-shooting Special Agent Aaron Pierce, the only guy other than Kiefer to have appeared in all of the seasons so far.
Political intrigue, deadly espionage, riveting human drama, that blurring of ethics. 24 continues to be one of the best - if not THE best - thrill rides on television. That ominous beat we hear each time we glimpse the digital clock counting down, it's still pulse pounding to me. As the episodes progress, I fall in line with the pervasive mood of the show, and I trust no one and I constantly look for twists because there are plot reversals everywhere. We're still treated to storytelling that is complex and both plot and character driven, and the series still rides on the strength of its technical merits. And, except for Jack, each character in the show is expendable. Key players bite the bullet. Jack's actions provoke debate even as he remains the best guy out there to clean up the mess.
24: SEASON 7 comes in six discs, with a cast & crew audio commentary on a whopping 12 episodes: "8am-9am" (Producer/Director Jon Cassar & actor Carlos Bernard); "10am-11am" (Producers Manny Coto & Brannon Braga, & Carlos Bernard); "12pm-1pm" (Producer/Director Jon Cassar & actor Annie Wersching); "4pm-5pm" (Producer David Fury & actor Hakeem Kae-Kazim); "5pm-6pm" (Producers Manny Coto & Brannon Braga, & Annie Wersching); "7pm-8pm" (Producer/Director Brad Turner & actor Tony Todd); "8pm-9pm" (Producer/Director Brad Turner, Composer Sean Callery, & actor James Morrison); "9pm-10pm" (Producers Evan Katz & Juan Carlos Moto, actors Annie Wersching & Bob Gunton); "1am-2am" (Producer Howard Gordon, Carlos Bernard, & Jeffrey Nordling); "5am-6am" (Producer Evan Katz, actors Mary Lynn Rajskub & Glenn Morshower); "6am-7am" (Producers David Fury, Alex Gansa, and actor Glenn Morshower); and "7am-8am"(Producers Howard Gordon & Jon Cassar). It's always fun soaking in the actors' behind-the-scene commentaries, but I'm wondering how come Kiefer didn't drop by for a few words?
Other special features include: 14 deleted scenes with optional commentary from Producers Stephen Kronish & Paul Gadd (including an emotional 6-minute scene with Kiefer and a familiar face); "The Fimucite Festival Presents: The Music of 24" - Composer/conductor Sean Callery and the Tenerife Film Orchestra & Choir perform the score from 24 live at the Guimerá Theater in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands (13 minutes long); "Hour 19: The Ambush" - we follow the f/x crew as they prep to blow up a building near the L.A.X. area (12:45 minutes); and "24-7: The Untold Story" - the show's writers reflect on the disappointment of Season 6, on the need for the show to reinvent itself, and then on the long, strenuous struggle to come up with a working story for Season 7 (almost 16 minutes long).
Some things to look out for and maybe even savor:
- First and foremost, Jack just being Jack, getting the job done, inhabiting that grey moral area; Kiefer Sutherland rules all
- Tony Almeida alive and very much in the thick of things
- The ongoing Ugly Chick Cyber War between Garafalo and Mary Lynn Rajskub
- Yet another indecisive turnip for an American Vice-President (I don't know, 24 seems to enjoy featuring VPs who hem and haw)
- If you're a fan of POPULAR, then nostalgia might kick in as Carly Pope shows up for a few episodes; oddly enough, her character's name is still Sam
- One of the no-nonsense bad guys looks like a leaner, meaner Tracy Morgan
Description of 24: Season Seven
Genre: Television: Fox TV
Rating: TV14
Release Date: 19-MAY-2009
Media Type: DVD
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