Emmy nominated for Best Drama series, 24 Season 4 is considered by fans and critics to be the best season yet. Starring Keifer Sutherland in his Emmy nominated role as Jack Bauer, 24 Season 4 received the highest broadcast ratings of the series' 4 year history.
The loaded 7-disk set includes a ground-breaking extra, shot on location during Season 5 production, which bridges Season 4 with Season 5 and gives clues about what is to come. 24 Season 4 on DVD is the only place to follow every moment of suspense, mystery and action of this worldwide smash hit television show!
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Kiefer Sutherland, Carlos Bernard, Reiko Aylesworth, Kim Raver, Mary Lynn Rajskub
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17 of 17 found the following review helpful:
'24' Season Four is Riveting TelevisionJan 19, 2006
By Johnnie R. Norton '24' Season Four is better than Day 3 (season three) and manages to be even more complex and compelling than the last two seasons. The technical work is better than ever, and the main storyline rivals season one's. Season Four brings a refreshing change to the show's formula with its many new cast members, and here are the highlights of this excellent season:
1) When we first see Jack Bauer, he's working for the Secretary of Defense James Heller (William Devane), all the while carrying on an affair with his daughter Audrey Raines (Kim Raver). Then a villian named Habib Marwan sets in motion a plan to bring down the US Government. Jack and Audrey's love for each other is affected by the day's events, and the emotional turmoils that develop are involving. Jack must risk his own life and the lives of others around him to save the US government and its people, which in turn complicates their relationship.
2) The twists are more predictable now that the formula has been played out several times prior to this season, but there are still some shocking events in the various storylines, and they are most prominent in the storyline involving the Araz family.
3) The acting by Keifer Sutherland is superb as he makes Jack Bauer a more poignant, grounded hero. Chloe O'Brian (Mary Lynn Rajskub), the sarcastic worker of CTU from season three, also shows some maturity and brings some well-needed humor to the ever-growing tension that develops in the season. Many new characters are introduced, but no one is more captivating than Dina Araz (Shoreh Aghdashloo). Her character traits contradict each other and are put to the test over the season, making her this season's most interesting character. Aghdashloo plays Dina as a mother who has no options in the situation she is caught up in, and the show is revitalized due to her brilliant performance. It's a travesty that she wasn't nominated for an Emmy or Golden Globe for her great supporting role.
4) The production values are consistent and the camerawork nearly flawless.
'24' Season Four improves on nearly everything from the previous seasons and does deserve its acclaim from critics and fans as the show's best season, but I personally prefer season one because its conclusion was more epic, deep, and true. Still, '24' Season Four makes for riveting television as it reinvents the thrilling formula that has made first-time viewers and long-time fans sit up and take notice.
9 of 9 found the following review helpful:
Get Me Jack Bauer!Nov 13, 2005
By R. Hughes The thrilling series "24" has changed the face of action-adventure. Big-screen movies are dull, plodding and timid compared to this brilliant television series. Season four was the very best -- meaning it was perhaps the greatest single action series ever on television. The creators obviously learned from what worked during previous seasons and they kept the action ratcheted up, streamlined the story to avoid any extraneous subplots, and continually topped themselves. Just when you thought -- no, they can't do that -- they did it! More than top-notch, edge-of-the-seat suspense, "24" redefines the genre. Intelligent, surprising, beautifully produced and craftily imagined, this is the kind of show you can't wait to share with your friends. And I can't wait for season five. A must for anyone who cares about and quality in action, adventure and drama.
9 of 9 found the following review helpful:
The absolute best yetOct 10, 2005
By Zachary Degarmeaux
"Zac"
I will not bother you with spoilers, season 4 is the best day yet. I was getting sick of European terrorists, this is much more realistic. I miss Palmer, his wife and even Nina but the writing is so good this season. Time wise they still manage to get from one side of LA to the other during 4 minute commercial breaks. This was the first season I watched on TV, I much rather sitting down and blasting through all 24 episodes over a long weekend. Im a 24 junkie and thats the way to watch this show. Stop airing it on TV and just release DVDs straight every year :). Unfortunatly I cant wait so I will be wathing 5 on tv (bless DVR's) after buying 24 season 4 on DVD for me to watch again & then give to my folks. A++++
7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
"24" returns to the right trackOct 05, 2005
By Eran Cohen It's almost undeniable that Season 3 of "24" was harder to watch compared to the first two seasons. The events, graphic violence and cruelty of some of the characters were unprecedented. It was hard to find relief as horrendous actions were taken over and over again.
In season 4 the producers have decided to retreat from this extremely dark path. They have kept the creative surprises, action and suspense but have also paid more attention to pleasing the crowds. Contrary to the main stream of season 3, in season 4 positive things actually happen; there is a balance between good and evil and there's hope.
The events on screen do not fall from other events in prior seasons and some actually transcend the high points of the past. As always, one cannot be any more specific in details in fear of spoiling the experience, but rest assured that watching the first episode will definitely blow your mind in one of the best kick-start episodes ever.
7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
Another really bad day for Jack turns out to be his very best day ever!Feb 27, 2006
By Dave Cordes I have to admit, I initially was not a fan of this show. While I thought the first season was entertaining it required SEVERE suspension of disbelief, especially with regards to the real-time premise of the show's format. I mean, come on... just how can Jack really get across L.A. traffic in like 5 minutes anyway? Just ONCE I would like to see an entire episode devoted to Jack stuck in rush hour traffic having to rely solely on cellular communications with CTU but then again, that does not make for suspenseful television now does it? ;) Or how about devoting one episode with Jack on his lunch hour? Nope. This guy never eats nor sleeps nor requires a restroom break of any kind because he is JACK F---ING BAUER!
I made a pact with my friend. I agreed to watch Season 4 if he would agree to watch Lost. It only took me a week to burn through Season 4 and I have had so much fun that any doubts I had about 24 as an enjoyable series have been completely erased. Jack Bauer is the real deal. He makes Jason Bourne look like an amateur. Kiefer Sutherland is so intense and so focused every minute he is on screen that you believe that the peril he is facing, no matter how ridiculously contrived, is real.
What makes season 4 the best day yet is due mostly to its perfect chemistry of suspenseful plot twists, frenetic pacing and editing, interactive character development and explosive action. The writers seemed more concerned this season with creating jaw-dropping "I can't believe they just did that!" action than focusing on the soap opera-ish melodrama that watered down previous seasons. While Elisha Cuthbert's Kim Bauer is pleasing to the eye to look at, thankfully she is out of the picture here so Jack can stay focused on his most intense day ever without the juvenile distractions. Still, there are a few breaks in the action where our characters get caught up in their personal feelings and rivalries getting in the way of their professional judgments that make for a few brief groaners but are quickly subdued by the more immediate threats at hand.
Arnold Vosloo from The Mummy is this season's main baddy and he is the perfect intellectual foil for Jack Bauer. He is always one step ahead of Jack who struggles desperately to keep up with Habib Marwan's diabolical acts of terrorism. The most surprising thing is that Marwan, more often than not, succeeds and leaves the viewer with their jaw hanging wide open in disbelief.
This season features the return of familiar characters from earlier seasons including Tony Almeida, Michelle Dessler, Mike Novick, and CTU nerds Chloe O'Brien and newbie Edgar Stiles. We are also introduced to several new faces at CTU including Curtis Manning, Erin Driscoll and Bill Buchanan. Kim Raver is Jack's love interest Audrey Raines and her father, Secretary of Defense James Heller, is played by Rolling Thunder himself... William Devane. After spending a real-time day in crisis with these characters you'll feel like they are all members of the immediate family.
Sean Callery's rousing and adrenaline pumping electronic score is the perfect compliment to the onscreen action and elevates the level of suspense faster than mercury rising in a thermometer. Not since Mark Snow's electronic cues for X-Files has there been a more perfect accompaniment of incidental music to parallel the onscreen action.
24 Season 4 is more entertaining and suspenseful than most blockbuster action films and has cast the die for other series and films to follow in its aftermath. Bruce Willis' John McClane may have inaugurated the age of the everyman action hero, but Kiefer Sutherland's Jack Bauer has taken heroism beyond the call of duty and has redefined, by very definition, the ideal Action Star. At a time of political unrest and uncertainty in this country and the threat of terrorism abroad, one cannot help but feel a sense of restored patriotism by Jack's heroic deeds. Indeed, Jack Bauer has become a Real American Hero.
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