Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Sarah Wynter, Elisha Cuthbert, Xander Berkeley, Carlos Bernard, Dennis Haysbert

Summary: Jack Bauer, former Federal Agent in charge of the Counter Terrorist Unit, is still grieving for his wife who was murdered eighteen months ago by a foreign undercover agent and his best friend Nina Myers. Estranged from his daughter Kim, who has become a nanny for the Matheson family and their daughter Megan, Jack finds himself called back to duty when a threat to explode a nuclear device in Los Angeles is uncovered. Meanwhile former Senator Palmer, the now President of the United States, relaxes in the country...

Follow 24 more hours in the life of federal agent Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) in this wildly innovative television series. Consisting of 24 hour-long episodes and employing split screens and a "real-time" clock, the second season picks up months after the first season's tragic end, as Bauer is still mourning the loss of his wife. This 24 hours involves an attempted coup against the new president of the United States, David Palmer (Dennis Haysbert), and a militant terrorist group set to detonate a nuclear bomb in Los Angeles.

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Jack Bauer is having another one of his "very bad days" in the second series of the ground-breaking real-time thriller 24. Once again the hours are ticking by with more guaranteed cliffhangers than a convention of mountain climbers. Holed up in a Los Angeles condo and estranged from his daughter, Jack is no longer on the government payroll; unfortunately for him, this small fact doesn't seem to matter to President David Palmer and the NSA who call him back in to the CTU and give him 24 hours to infiltrate a terrorist organisation who are planning to detonate a dirty bomb in the city of angels. All Jack wants is to get his daughter out of the city, unfortunately Kim's new employer, the abusive father of the child she is nannying, has other ideas.

Fans of the original won't be disappointed, as there are more than enough shock moments in the first few hours to hint at the climactic build-up to come, while newcomers can quickly get involved in the lives of Jack and his family. There are some new characters to bolster the veteran cast and, interestingly (although not surprisingly given the outcome of the first series), Jack's character has taken an altogether darker, more psychopathic turn. The danger the characters find themselves in also has a much more global impetus, grounded as it is in the war against terrorism. Although the territory is more familiar this time around, this second series is just as much a high-tension, taut, adrenaline-fuelled ride as the first series, and one that will have you glued to your TV for the next 24 hours. --Kristen Bowditch

Aspect Ratio:	16:9 Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	45 Deleted Scenes With Optional Audio Commentary, Two Part Documentary 24 Exposed, Featurette On The Button The Destruction Of CTU, Episode Commentaries From The Cast And Crew
Year:	2002
Release Date:	August 11, 2003
Runtime:	999 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	25033 D V D
Keywords:	Box, General, Series, Wide, Screen, Set, Seven, Tv, Drama, Thriller, Discs
Genre:	Thriller