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Critic Reviews
Jun 28, 2013
Season 2 Review:
24 strains credulity here and there... and some of the season premiere's doomsday dialogue smacks of parody. But the real-time format builds tension week-to-week as well as scene-to-scene, and Sutherland keeps adding depth to his portrayal of a man staggering slightly with the weight of the world on his shoulders.
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Jun 18, 2013
Season 4 Review:
'24' remains the same show, perhaps even a better show than last season. [5 Jan 2005]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 4 Review:
'24' remains one of the most enjoyable dramas on TV. [7 Jan 2005]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 4 Review:
So far no amnesia bouts or cougar attacks. And no Kim! [9 Jan 2005]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 4 Review:
The first three hours have all the edge-of-your-seat thrills that marked the show's first season. [9 Jan 2005]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 4 Review:
It's not that '24' is desperate for ideas in Season 4. No, it was desperate in Season 2. It's that the humor is more blithely predictable now, less forehead-slapping in its preposterousness. As the adrenaline ramps up, the logic falls down. Again. [7 Jan 2003]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 4 Review:
At its very best, '24' creates an almost tactile sense of tension that no show can match. From one harrowing moment to the next, your pulse races and your skin prickles with apprehension. On the other hand, the show's gimmicky structure forces its writers to keep the plates perpetually spinning, and they often aren't up to the task. [5 Jan 2005]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 4 Review:
24 is its usual self - a terrific mix of doom-laden thriller and workplace drama. [7 Jan 2005]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 4 Review:
Viewers who never saw it or gave up after the first season now have a chance to get a fresh start. '24' is not as richly woven as 'The Wire' on HBO, but it is still one of the best shows on television. [7 Jan 2005]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 4 Review:
It's such a new day on Fox's 24, it might almost be a new show. This ingeniously entertaining drama always gives us a new set of villains for each seasonal crisis. But this year, it's also giving us a brand new set of heroes. Fortunately for Fox and fans, the things that have been changed are, by and large, improved -- and the most important things have been left alone. [7 Jan 2005]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 4 Review:
The fourth day in the life of '24' begins slowly but gathers momentum through the second and third hours, promising another satisfying thrill ride for those willing to get on board. [3 Jan 2005]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 4 Review:
New plot, new cast, same Kiefer, same excitement. [2 Jan 2005]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 4 Review:
The show seems to have a light step this season without the heavy-duty silliness of Kim ... And it is refreshing to see many new faces at CTU. [8 Jan 2005]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 4 Review:
The new crew is an intriguing bunch. [9 Jan 2005]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 4 Review:
This should be solid, action-packed stuff. Where it flattens out is that with Bauer involved -- and even if CTU wants nothing to do with him, he's going to put himself in the middle of all of this -- you know things are going to work out and too often you know how they'll work out. It takes nearly all of the tension away from a series that trades on suspense. [7 Jan 2005]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 4 Review:
'24' seems to have smartly reinvented the intriguing formula, getting itself back on track for what could be the best season to date. [9 Jan 2005]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 4 Review:
As '24' quickly revs up the anxiety and action on the new season, the show is still flashing its taut, characteristic strengths: distinctive real time storytelling, tighten-the-vise tension, compelling split-screen visuals and sudden, sometimes shocking, outbursts of violence. All of it pushed at a dazzling pace and built around Sutherland's grim, courageous antihero with the hair-trigger volatility. [7 Jan 2005]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 3 Review:
[A] gripping premiere. [28 Oct 2003]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 3 Review:
In other words, same old '24,' for better in the initially intriguing plot and worse in the way much of the story seems to derive from other shows, including 'The West Wing' and the narcotics mini-series 'Kingpin.' [28 Oct 2003]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 3 Review:
The new 24 is off to a more interesting start than its sophomore edition. [27 Oct 2003]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 3 Review:
It sure looks like '24' executive producers Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran are ready to give America more anxiety-amped razzle dazzle with one of television's most original and compelling drama series. [28 Oct 2003]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 3 Review:
'24' continues to distinguish itself as the most original show on television. [27 Oct 2003]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 3 Review:
This is just an action fairy tale, a modern Saturday afternoon serial or contemporary penny dreadful, designed to keep us hanging on its every outlandish turn by exasperating us, if necessary, with characters we love to hate and contrivances we delight in dissing. ... It's insulting to our intelligence. And we can't stop watching. [28 Oct 2003]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 3 Review:
'24' continues to roar forward at a breakneck pace, and it does tantalize by dropping clues that keep viewers hooked ... But with the minutiae of love affairs gumming up the works, it's more difficult than ever for viewers -- and the show's characters -- to keep their eyes on the big picture threat that's supposed to drive the series. [26 Oct 2003]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 3 Review:
The decline of '24' is almost as harrowing as one of its patented pulse-pounding dramatic moments. ... Maybe '24' won't be so head-slappingly ludicrous this time around, but the first two episodes do little to give cynics reason for hope. [27 Oct 2003]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 3 Review:
The first hour... is as kinetic as any episode the show has done. [26 Oct 2003]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 3 Review:
By 1:20 p.m. the series's third season is already as tightly coiled, clever and suspenseful as the first two. [28 Oct 2003]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 3 Review:
Although not for everyone, '24' remains the equivalent of a great popcorn movie or page-turning book ... [and] has become an accomplished exercise in storytelling that takes full advantage of the television form. [27 Oct 2003]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 3 Review:
Menace so permeates the atmosphere that a certain glum predictability has set in to the scenes. [28 Oct 2003]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 2 Review:
Based on the first two episodes of season two, "24" returns tonight with the promise of another year of ambitious, outrageous, and addictive TV drama. [29 Oct 2002]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 2 Review:
'24'... has matured beyond sheer novelty while retaining its relentless excitement. [28 Oct 2002]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 2 Review:
The sometimes laughable soap opera aspects of the first year have been minimized. The pulse-racing, adrenaline-fueled suspense has been ratcheted up. If anything, this white-knuckle joy ride now moves faster than the clock that ticks steadily through each episode. [28 Oct 2002]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 2 Review:
It brings with it last season's same gift for immediately innards-knotting suspense, fate-of-the-free-world plotting and page-turning viewing, if such a metaphor can be mixed. It also hits the implausibility buttons much earlier in its run, although part of '24's' genius is that it drives so relentlessly forward that it leaves no time for contemplation. [29 Oct 2002]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 2 Review:
'24' is back in top storytelling form, spinning an intricate new web of mystery and suspense. [29 Oct 2002]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 2 Review:
The first two episodes this season get the crisis-fueled day rolling in superb fashion. [29 Oct 2002]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 2 Review:
Compelling if not entirely satisfying. [29 Oct 2002]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 2 Review:
As twisty and spellbinding as ever. [28 Oct 2002]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 2 Review:
The most inspired aspect of this year's primary plot is that Jack is a man over the edge, not on it. [28 Oct 2002]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 2 Review:
I am happy to report that this series remains a 100-percent authentic, white-knuckled hair-raiser. [24 Oct 2002]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 2 Review:
A relentless, ambitious perpetual motion machine that may go down as the most exciting thriller in TV history. [27 Oct 2002]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 2 Review:
The producers' storytelling bravura grabs your guts from the first tense second and doesn't let go. [29 Oct 2002]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 2 Review:
The opening two hours of season two suggest that 24 has lost none of its style or energy. It remains television's most exciting series. [29 Oct 2002]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 2 Review:
Next week's episode has more taut scenes than tonight's premiere, which has to lay the groundwork for the season. No surprise -- last season, it took several episodes before "24" began to live up to its promise. [29 Oct 2002]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 2 Review:
'24' keeps you on edge like no other series. [28 Oct 2002]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 2 Review:
The format of '24' still works beautifully. [27 Oct 2002]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 2 Review:
The real-time approach can't seem as innovative the second time around, but it is still used to great effect ... The glaring weak spot is Jack's teenage daughter, Kim (Elisha Cuthbert). [29 Oct 2002]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 2 Review:
Combine the new story's broader scope with the show's newfound willingness to tap into current fears, and there's every reason to hope for an even more suspenseful season. And that's even considering the drag applied by Kim's credibility-straining subplot. [29 Oct 2002]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 2 Review:
'24' isn't getting off to the spectacular start that it did in its debut season when the focus was singular and clear-cut. [29 Oct 2002]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 2 Review:
Viewers are in for another high-powered pulse-pounder. [29 Oct 2002]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 1 Review:
'24' looks to be appointment television. [6 Nov 2001]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 1 Review:
This is a smart, exciting thrill ride with a tick-tock momentum that will keep you glued to the edge of your seat. [6 Nov 2001]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 1 Review:
The writing is crisp, the performances nuanced and believable, the gradually quickening pace addictive. It's hard to imagine anyone who watches tonight's first episode not wanting to to see the second installment next week. [6 Nov 2001]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 1 Review:
A rousing thriller loaded with nifty gimmicks and head-spinning twists. [6 Nov 2001]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 1 Review:
It's mysterious and exciting, a suspenseful and tense action-drama. [6 Nov 2001]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 1 Review:
Except for Mr. Sutherland, who has a strong and appealing presence, most of the actors seem generic. [6 Nov 2001]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 1 Review:
Expertly cut and polished until it practically gleams, 24 is like a flawless diamond: stylish, multifaceted and so sharp that it could cut glass. Everything clicks, from the hip sets to the whip-smart direction to the ever-shifting split screen that imbues even mundane activities such as talking on the phone with an unexpected urgency. [6 Nov 2001]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 1 Review:
Cleverly constructed and invigoratingly ambitious in design ... '24' has tension and density that set it well apart from the pack. [6 Nov 2001]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 1 Review:
The show wins points for innovation, intelligence and solid production values. [6 Nov 2001]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 1 Review:
Plenty of action, jaw-dropping twists, rapid-fire pacing -- 24 employs everything a good drama needs. [6 Nov 2001]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 1 Review:
It's Sutherland's performance that so elevates the hour. This is a feature film star at work, and his performance demonstrates why the folks who fill the big screen make much more money than most television stars. [6 Nov 2001]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 1 Review:
Riveting, gripping, and altogether compelling ... An innovative and expertly executed hour of suspense, '24' is without question the best premiere of the fall season. [6 Nov 2001]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 1 Review:
'24' is exciting and intriguing. The cast is appealing. Using a split-screen technique to further propel the interlocking story lines, the drama has an edgy, hip style, enveloping you in suspense and danger. [6 Nov 2001]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 1 Review:
A stylish and innovative thriller that feels like the filmed version of the smartest airport novel you'll ever read. [6 Nov 2001]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 1 Review:
Long before Sept. 11, the standout of the fall TV season was an ambitious thriller about a counter-terrorist. ... It's even more captivating now that terrorist threats are a daily fact of life. [4 Nov 2001]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 1 Review:
A jolt of taut, high-velocity TV drama, a new-style thriller that really is thrilling. [6 Nov 2001]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 1 Review:
If the next 23 hours are half as spellbinding as tonight's - and, of course, providing that the TV audience is ready to find a terrorist attack entertaining - 24 could still be the hit of the season. [6 Nov 2001]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 1 Review:
What makes '24' so nail-biting good is its use of layered
storytelling, plot twists and visual trickery to create the illusion
of action. The premiere starts slowly, then picks up steam as it
darts deftly in and out of six different stories. ... The genius of
'24' is that it makes each minute feel more precious than the last. [4 Nov 2001]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 1 Review:
The lingering concussion of Sept. 11 does nothing to undermine Fox's new thriller focusing on terrorism. Instead, it adds to its credibility and makes it all the more gripping. [6 Nov 2001]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 1 Review:
'24'... isn't a TV show. It's a thrill ride - so intense and fast-paced, it ought to come with guardrails attached. [5 Nov 2001]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 1 Review:
Tedious and banal, '24' lacks the engrossing panache TV's 'Mission Impossible' had years ago. Even though a well-rested-looking Sutherland is cool, steady and right for his role, he can't carry the show alone. [4 Nov 2001]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 1 Review:
One of the most fully realized, innovative and flat-out exciting television debuts ever. [4 Nov 2001]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 1 Review:
Innovative and compelling. ... The show gets off to a great start in its first highly eventful hour, with Mr. Sutherland excelling in his first TV series role. [4 Nov 2001]
Jun 18, 2013
Season 1 Review:
Captivating from its first minute forward, "24" is the rare example of a television pilot that hits every mark with an aura of excitement and precision, a stellar cast that exudes personality and personal history, and direction that is as taut as it gets. [2 Nov 2001]
Jun 17, 2013
Season 3 Review:
This is now the problem with '24': The first season was a giddy novelty; the second season was a guaranteed tune-in to see if the producers could pull off the same trick twice. But now we know the rhythm of the series, and so its anything-can-happen energy has dissipated into a how-can-we-bring-back-fan-favorites waiting game.
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Jun 14, 2013
Season 2 Review:
Really, my only significant complaint about the new '24' is an excessive use of its visual trademark: split-screen images. These are fine when they're used to let you know where major characters are in different subplots simultaneously, but in next week's episode, there's a split-screen shot that separates two characters talking in the same room together!
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Jun 14, 2013
Season 1 Review:
Although its style is novel, 24 hews to traditional crime-story conventions; you could plop this plot into a two-hour TV movie and be done with it. The advantage of the real-time hour becomes apparent, however, in the depth of characterization achieved by stretching things out.
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Season 6 Review:
Where does that leave Season 6, then, when the show has stemmed major disasters for five years running and its intensity level of choice is 11? As well-oiled as before, actually, and, judging from the four hours airing over Sunday and Monday, unafraid of edging its parallel-universe America ever closer toward a world war nightmare of mass hysteria.
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Season 6 Review:
The series' sixth season begins with an intensely entertaining four-hour, two-night premiere. [15 Jan 2007, p.33]
Season 6 Review:
24's best seasons have always hinged on a central, tantalizing character... This year could finally be Jack's turn to fascinate.... Otherwise, this round of mayhem has little to differentiate itself. [19 Jan 2007, p.67]
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