It seems everyone's heard of Jack Bauer. If you haven't, then it's probably because he doesn't want you to know about him. You probably shouldn't argue.
There have been six seasons of 24 and Jack Bauer did more in those six days than any human achieves in a year. And don't even suggest that this is because of him being a fictional character. I really don't think it's worth the risk. You wouldn't like him when he's angry.
But he's not done. Day seven rapidly approaches, but before it starts, Jack obviously felt that he couldn't do everything he wanted to do in 24 hours. Having checked over his to-do list, it became clear that 26 hours were going to be needed.
And so 24: Redemption was born. A two hour episode or film, whatever takes your fancy, set just before season seven. And it's rather good for several reasons.
Firstly, season six was getting a little bit silly. I have to be completely honest and admit that I didn't finish watching it. But I had a very good reason for this. Sky went and left us. But I also didn't make any effort to try and finish watching it because it was getting contrived. Although it was still good, whichever formula the writers had been using before had been slightly miscalculated.
But it seems that calculators were purchased and maths classes taken, because Jack's back, and he's more awesome than ever. Redemption throws us into the middle of a civil crisis in Africa where innocent lives are at stake, so naturally Jack has to get involved despite only wanting some peace and quiet. It's tense, exciting, touching and well acted and made even more enjoyable thanks to the rather random but enjoyable addition ofRobert Carlyle to the mix.
Even the events in America, that should be boring due to the immense amount of dialogue, are well written and set-up the main story of season seven. And John Voight's the main villain. Which is just exciting because he's Nicholas Cage's Dad. In National Treasure obviously. Not in real life.
So go home and watch this. Although that could be tricky if you don't have a time machine. But it just came out on DVD. I imagine any 24 fans would have already watched it, but for anyone who had given up on Jack or haven't even heard of him, it's a great opportunity to jump back in before season seven without feeling lost and confused. Give it a few episodes though and you will. Don't worry. That's a perfectly normal.
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