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24: Complete Season 7 [DVD] [2009]

24: Complete Season 7 [DVD] [2009]Actors: Kiefer Sutherland, Cherry Jones
Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Category: DVD

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Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars 108 reviews

Format: PAL
Languages: English (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired), Norwegian (Subtitled), Swedish (Subtitled), English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region: 2
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 6
Running Time: 1036 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.5 x 1.3

EAN: 5039036041072

Theatrical Release Date: 2009
Release Date: October 19, 2009
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days

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Amazon.co.uk Review
Accepting that by the time people get to season seven they tend to know the formula of 24 inside out, the creative minds behind the show respond here by emptying out every cupboard to throw everything they can at you. The core of the show remains the adventures of Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer, as he battles to save the world from yet another terrorist threat. With the action taking place in real time, we get 24 episodes set across a single day, and it’s one filled with twists, turns, action and surprise. That much we’re expecting.

Surprise number one in 24 - Season 7 though arrives within 20 minutes of the season starting, as the character of Tony Almeida seemingly returns from the dead. So what’s happened? Has Tony turned? What kind of threat is brewing? Ah, it’s these and many questions that are resolved at the show’s usual breakneck pace.

24 - Season 7 also wisely gets on board a roster of enviable acting talent. Cherry Jones ably takes on the role of President Allison Taylor, while Jon Voight makes a suitably sneery Secretary Of Defense. Add in the likes of Kurtwood Smith, Bob Gunton, Janeane Garofalo and Tony Todd, and it’s an impressive roster who put a straight face on the occasionally silly narrative.

Season 7 does find 24 inevitably lacking some of that original spark, and a few more ideas wouldn’t hurt it. But it’s still a confident season of arguably the best thriller currently on television. And, bluntly, there’s nobody who does all this quite like Jack Bauer, even if the man’s best days may be behind him… --Jon Foster

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4 out of 5 stars Better than Series 6   June 20, 2010
D. I. Gray (UK)
It becomes a bit of a formula after a while, but I think this series was written well enough to not need to crazy stuff like blowing up half of LA, and drew well on the back stories of the longer serving characters. A few weaknesses where people that used to trust each other now don't, but I guess that can happen.


5 out of 5 stars 24!   June 20, 2010
Jordan Mclean (UK)
24 Is one of the best and longest TV shows around, I myself love long TV Shows and I hate it when they end, So 24 Is amazing for me! It is perfect show for me alot of action and alot of deep indept plans and thought going into each episode.

5/5 Buy it!


4 out of 5 stars Exciting - but too long   June 11, 2010
Roy J. Jenkins
we made the mistake of trying to watch it a video / night. The TV original of one night per week would have been better.

Good story - but rarely truly believable.


3 out of 5 stars Good but by the numbers   June 9, 2010
G. Hanks (United Kingdom)
Season 7 has stepped things up from the lull in quality provided by the last few series and also radically over-hauled setting and a vast majority of characters. The acting, moments of tension and emotional drama are consistently high and the production levels are top notch as usual.

The problem is that nothing feels really new here. Situations of peril feel revisited, Jack is almost always right as usual, twists and turns happen on a regular basis often mirroring previous series, people aren't to be trusted etc... The shock and horror of betrayals in previous series' are really dampened here as anyone who is familiar with 24 as a whole knows exactly the kind of twists and turns that will be coming. It does feel like they've made an effort to keep things fresh but the story arc feels recycled and overlong. It could end easily and satisfactorily by episode 12 but gets strung out to 24 episodes by just adding more peril and conspiracies. The fact is the story could have ended at about 4 junctures in the series with nobody being wiser to anything extra other than the name of the series being 8, 12 or 18. Instead it feels like the writers are chasing their own tales by rehashing similar ideas more than once within the same series.

Perhaps it is hard to do anything new with the series because its staples of action, espionage, intrigue and drama have been so thoroughly rinsed through in the previous series until threads start showing and the colour fades. If this is the case then they really should consider putting the IP to bed and buy some new clothes.

Saying all that it's not a poor show and is still enjoyable but it's no longer new, no longer has the same impact. Whilst familiarity with characters and their histories can increase emotional immersion and attachment, familiarity with the writing just makes it feel like a constant acute sense of deja vu. Buying this isn't a bad idea but for many I imagine that it will not have half the enjoyment factor that it used to.


4 out of 5 stars A definite return to form   June 6, 2010
Mr. N. Wildman (Beds, UK)
As a devout fan of 24, I had some mixed feelings about series 7 because I didn't really think much of series 6! Thankfully my skepticism wasn't justified as I think this is one of the best series yet.

The standard formula is still in effect: a central hub of a boss who is a complete idiot, some annoying analysts who are whiney jealous babies and then some very cool characters who actually do all the work. Heading the pack is obviously Jack himself, who is as cool as ever but now he is joined but the instantly likeable (and not just because she's gorgeous) Renee. The vast majority of the core characters are not present in this series (I won't spoil the surprise as to why) but there are appearances from old favourites like Bill, Chloe, Aaron and even the ever funny Miles O'Brian!

One of the main reasons why I love this series is the noteable absence of any REALLY annoying female characters. The most worthy of the title of "annoying bitch of all time" has to go to President Palmer's wife. Was I the only one who cheered when she got shot? I think not somehow!

I would say that the story in this series is one of the more original ones, it doesn't involve the predictable threat of a poison gas or nuclear device, it's far more subtle than that. Incredulously it actually takes some intelligence to understand what the threat is! Also, this series seems to have avoided the trap of the main story ending (i.e. the threat over, bomb found, whatever) by episode 12 then another half the series struggling for fillers. The main threat is indeed over by half way through but the remainder is not the usual boring stretch of old. There is the usual load if twists and inside jobs, in fact the whole series revolves around corruption in the government. I'm beginning to think that the US government really is a complete shambles if every other person is a double agent! Oh wait, it is a complete shambles, don't need 24 to tell you that!

Overall, as I say in the title, this series is a true return to form after a rather crap series 6 and I would definitely advise any fans of 24 to give this a go.

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