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24: Redemption (2008) -- Film based on the real-time television series "24" (2001), which chronicles a day in the life of Federal Agent Jack Bauer (Sutherland).
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Director:
Writers:
Joel Surnow (creator) &
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Release Date:
23 November 2008 (USA) more
Tagline:
Save the day more
Plot:
Film based on the real-time television series "24" (2001), which chronicles a day in the life of Federal Agent Jack Bauer. full summary | full synopsis
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Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 2 wins & 12 nominations more
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A 102-Minute Rendering of Material Inherently Designed for Hours and Hours of Television Over Months more (26 total)

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Also Known As:
24: Day 7 Prequel (USA) (working title)
24: Exile (USA) (working title)
24: The Movie (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
USA:102 min (DVD extended cut) | UK:98 min (extended version) | USA:102 min (extended version) | Germany:84 min | UK:83 min (original version) | USA:87 min (DVD)
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The opening sequence marks the first time in the history of the series events did not transpire in real time. more
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Revealing mistakes: When Jack tips over a wheel barrow full of bags, he asks Willie to help him reload the barrow. Jack, using two hands to lift each bag, struggles while the boy easily lifts them up with just one hand and no help from Jack. more
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Referenced in The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2009) (TV) more

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A 102-Minute Rendering of Material Inherently Designed for Hours and Hours of Television Over Months, 11 December 2008
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Author: jzappa from United States

If Rodney Dangerfield were alive, hardened and seasoned as a government agent, he would be Jack Bauer. Jack don't get no respect. Without spoiling the sixth season for those who have yet to watch it, our world-class hero Jack, always the odd one out, is now in a fictional African country, helping his old friend, played by the wonderful Robert Carlyle, with missionary work, trying to heal his staggering emotional wounds with peace. He has been served a subpoena to appear before the U.S. Senate concerning torture charges, but declines to go. A U.S. State Department official hints that the Embassy will cut funding for the school if Carlyle goes on protecting Jack, so Jack decides to leave. If that's not enough, he winds up stuck in the middle of a bloody military coup.

Redemption is entertaining and well-acted, and it certainly primes us for the seventh season. Nonetheless I can see why it has been a very long process preparing the theatrical 24 film. Redemption maintains the real-time structural element, which the theatrical film reportedly will not have, but either way, 24 is a series that has transcended the conceivable scope of the feature motion picture. The character archs, gigantic sequence of unravelings and long-term investment in the characters is inherently designed for hours and hours of television. Redemption, on the other hand, is only an hour and forty minutes, which even still is twenty minutes longer than the version that was broadcast on TV not including commercials.

Also, I am unsure of whether or not the creators wanted to have the opportunity to do a lone Jack Bauer piece, but using this TV film as objectivity, one can easily tell that one of the vital elements in the show's scaffolding is its colorful, deeply observed and brilliantly histrionic characters.

However, I am looking forward to Cherry Jones being president and hopefully being rid of Powers Boothe's weak and uncompromising president. And I hope Jon Voight doesn't play essentially the same character as he did in Enemy of the State.

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