24: Season Three
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Movie Reviews of 24: Season Three
Movie Review: WHAT A DAY...AGAIN!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
24 once again in its third season pulls out all the stops in creating countless scenes of tension, excitement and complex entertainment. This time it's a deadly virus that catapults Jack Bauer and the CTU team into action. And the return of the spider women, Nina Meyers and Sherry Palmer sweetens the pot. There's so much going on in this season it's hard to adequately summarize here. Suffice to say, it's a tense and exhausting season but affirms this shows ability to make the incredible seem credible.
Kiefer Sutherland as always imbues Bauer with a complex variety of emotional crises, including his heroin addiction, his daughter's new boyfriend, and confrontations with the nastiest of villains. Reyko Aylesworth as Michelle also shows why she's been such a strong presence, as do the rest of the season's cast: Dennis Haysbert as the President who sees his re-election crumbling around him, and whose calling in of ex-wife Sherry to help proves disastrous; Sarah Clarke as the vile, sociopathic Nina, who once again tries to demobilize Jack; Penny Johnson Jarrold, the coldly calculating Sherry who pulls one stunt too many; Paul Schulze as the seemingly inhuman Ryan Chappelle; Carlos Bernard as Tony who finds himself bargaining for his wife's life; Doug Savant as the doomed hotel security chief; DB Woodside as President Palmer's brother/chief of staff whose indiscretion lands Palmer in the thick of mud. Actually the whole cast steps up to their roles with gusto, even the usually annoying Elisha Cuthbert who plays Kim, Bauer's daughter. A riveting season for this superior drama series.
Movie Review: Excellent!
Summary: 5 Stars
......the first time I was exposed to 24 was during the season premiere of Season Five. I was at a friends house and he was flipping through the channels and this was on. I loved the show from then on, but knew I would have to get caught up to know what was going on. I never watched an episode again for a long time (because I always worked when it was on). Recently one of my friends was telling me how great a show 24 is, and a store had the Seasons 1-4 on sale for $16, so I decided, why the hell not. I bought Seasons 1-3, then four and now 5. This is by far the best TV show I have ever watched. You will litteraly get hooked on it, as you will want to know what is going to happen next. It's full of plot twists and will not put you to sleep, it is very good. I don't want to give any details for those that have not watched it. Season 3 is about a virus that is set to be released in L.A. and 11 other locations. This season blew me away! It is fast paced action packed from start to finish. A lot of events occurred that I never expected (don't want to spoil it). Please, if you haven't got this far start from Season 1 and work your way up to the end, you will appreciate what is ahppening more. Also, do not read about upcoming seasons that you haven't watched (don't even read the back of the package as they contain spoilers). Stay away from message boards and don't talk to those that have watched seasons you haven't because they will give you spoilers! I loved Season 3, I have nothing bad to say about it I give it 5 stars. Now I am off to start Season 4! Until then...Movie Review: Simply brilliant, though novelty may be less effective
Summary: 5 Stars
Season 3 starts off rather slowly, so one might not be that enthusiastic about watching the first few episodes at a stretch. But proceed beyond 6 episodes and watch the drama unfold with alarming alacrity and suspense! The script is great (as usual), the acting immaculate, the timing precise and the plot, though having a few glitches, immersive and wholly absorbing.
Kim's very own storyline may be irksome, and it's just not fair if people call her annoying; I mean, it's not her fault that she keeps recurring her role in sub-standard sub-plots! At least there are no cougars roaming anywhere on the set. Personally, the number of demands needed to be narrowed down to 2. I mean, the "sky is falling" thingy truly annoyed the heck out of me. And that social escort? Her relevance was absolutely temporary and insignificant to be wasting valuable on-screen time. Oh, and it gets weirdly melodramatic sometimes, even in mid-conversation. That's something they have to resolve separately, not while simultaneously trying to track down terrorists. The disconnect is obvious and awkward, to say the least. Character development is top-notch, though; can't say the same for the relationship between Jack and Kim.
Those who criticise the third season as less than what they would have expected after 3 seasons should ask themselves this: after 24 blazed the pioneering path to real-time drama, did anything in its genre even come close to challenging it for supremacy? The unarguable truth is NO. This show, however flawed, is truly in a league of its own.
Movie Review: Another bad day for Jack
Summary: 5 Stars
How many bad days can one man have? That was what many were wondering when the 3rd series of classic drama 24 was announced. Would the format tire? The answer is emphatically no, it is another classic series.
3 years on from the 2nd series and Jack is now a heroin junkie (all in the course of duty), it is scarcely believable but as the plot advances the reasons become clear. The early episodes of this series are great, you are lead to believe again that Jack has lost the plot as he seemingly goes on a tirade of law breaking, but as always Jack has his reasons. Another fantastic episode happens around half way through the series when Jack apparently eliminates the terrorist threat, only for the true enemy to surface. It may no longer be original but it is exciting TV and the twists and turns keep coming. You are left in suspense until the final episode, where there is another great, though more predictable ending. The best storyline however involves Ryan Chapelle, anyone who has watched will know what I am talking about, I wont spoil it for the rest of you, but it is a surprising turn in the plot.
Series 3 is essentially more of the same, if like me you loved the first 2 series you will love this. Anyone who hasn't seen it before I would advise to watch the series in order as everything makes more sense then, but this is again unmissable drama.
Movie Review: 24 does it again!
Summary: 5 Stars
24 is, by far, the best TV show ever. You have to watch every season over and over, and you always have to start at the beginning and move on through each and every episode. Newbies to the show, watch at least season one first. It will help explain some things in season three. I also recommend seeing season two as well before watching this, but it is not essential. The threat this time is a very lethal, very fast virus, once again in L.A. Set on the day of the Presidential debate, it makes for great TV once again. The time is 3 years after the events of season two. Another great storyline with incredible twists that will shock and take even veterans such as myself by surprise. Only two problems with this season: 1. It takes a few episodes to get the story going, but once it gets going, the story takes off and leaves you on the edge of your seat craving for it to be next week already so you can watch the next episode, so just be patient and it will pay off, I promise. 2. It leaves you on the edge of your seat craving for it to be next week already so you can watch the next episode! I highly recommend this to anyone and everyone who loves a great storyline that leaves you on the edge of your seat and likes to see a good amount of action and hear some incredible music and see great acting. Can't wait for season four!