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24: Redemption
20th Century Fox Television
Original release
NetworkFox
ReleaseNovember 23, 2008 (2008-11-23)

24: Redemption is a

war orphans. Bauer is served a subpoena to appear before the United States Senate regarding human rights violations, but refuses to go, and a shadow organization among the United States government aids General Benjamin Juma (Tony Todd) and his militia in a coup d'état
. Juma's militia attempts to kidnap the children from the school and Jack has to decide whether or not to give himself up to American authorities in order to keep the children safe.

The film was written by

Emmy Awards. The majority of Redemption was filmed on location outside Cape Town, South Africa
since it was difficult to mimic authentic African scenery in America.

Plot

44 months after the events of

Day Six, a young boy in the African nation of Sangala is kidnapped at night, indoctrinated, and drafted along with other boys into a rebel militia led by General Benjamin Juma (Tony Todd) so they could take part in a coup d'état,[1] which is being funded by an American shadow organization led by Jonas Hodges (Jon Voight).[2]

While ex-Counter Terrorist Unit Agent Jack Bauer performs missionary work at the Okavango school in Sangala owned by his old friend and fellow former CTU agent Carl Benton (Robert Carlyle), United States Embassy official Frank Trammel (Gil Bellows) serves him a subpoena to appear before the Senate regarding torture charges. Bauer refuses to go, but upon hearing the embassy will cut funding to Benton's school if it continues to protect him, he decides to leave.

Meanwhile, several children playing

conscription, and when two boys run away, the soldiers open fire, killing one. Benton learns that the rebels are planning to attack his school and calls Bauer, who hides the children in an underground shelter, and kills several rebels before getting captured and tortured. Benton is able to ambush the remaining soldiers, and Bauer kills the leader, Youssou Dubaku (Zolile Nokwe). His brother, Iké (Hakeem Kae-Kazim), hears of his death and plots revenge, while Bauer and Benton leave with the children to get to the American embassy in the capital before the final helicopter evacuates the country.[2]

In

Sebastian Roche), who take the information, kill Whitley, and bury the body in concrete, staging his death as a suicide.[2]

Benton, Bauer and the boys are spotted by Iké's helicopter. While they flee into the forest, Benton steps on a land mine, and with little time to disarm it, Benton urges Bauer to leave so he can buy time. When he is surrounded by Iké and his men, Benton takes his foot off the trigger and detonates the mine, killing himself and the rebels, though Iké survives. Bauer and the children continue to the capital, where he defeats another rebel ambush. At the gates of the embassy, Trammel denies the children’s entry and political asylum due to their legal guardian, Benton, not being present, and blackmails Bauer into surrendering for the children's safety, and Bauer reluctantly accepts, thus sacrificing his freedom. While Taylor is inaugurated President, Bauer and the children evacuate, leaving chaotic Sangala behind.[2]

Cast and characters

For a more thorough list, see List of 24 characters § 24: Redemption & 24: Season 7.

Starring

Special guest stars

  • President Noah Daniels
  • Carl Benton

Special guest appearance by

  • Jonas Hodges

Guest starring

Allison Taylor, America's first female president
.

While the majority of the characters are introduced, there are still a small number of original cast who appeared in the past, namely

Tom Lennox from the sixth season also.[6]

In Sangala,

Sean Michael plays Charles Solenz, a UN
aid worker helping at Benton's school, and later abandons Benton and the children, claiming that the United Nations is "neutral" in the Sangala conflict.

Siyabulela Ramba plays Willie, one of the war orphans under the care of Benton, who befriends Bauer. Ramba felt an emotional connection with Sutherland during filming, and believes their friendship shows through onscreen.

Isaach De Bankolé plays Ule Matobo, the prime minister of the nation, who is forced to evacuate the country during the coup. Among the antagonists in Sangala are General Benjamin Juma (Tony Todd), a former dictator and leader of the People's Freedom Army responsible for genocide in Sangala,[9] and Iké Dubaku (Hakeem Kae-Kazim), one of Juma's lieutenants in the coup.[10]
Zolile Nokwe plays Youssou Dubaku, Iké's younger brother.

In Washington,

Blackwater-type organization,[12] as well as Mark Kiely, who plays Secret Service
Agent Edward Vossler.

Production

The majority of Redemption was filmed on location around Cape Town, South Africa.

The film was conceived as a result of the

mobisodes.[6] According to the President of Entertainment at Fox, "We were going to be off the air for a while and how do you bridge that gap. We thought about doing something online and after talking with [executive producer] Howard Gordon we decided to do it on air."[13] The working title for the film was 24: Exile, until the change to 24: Redemption.[14]

In an interview, Kiefer Sutherland revealed that Redemption was inspired by the Rwandan genocide and the U.S. Government's response to it. "The truth is, one of the things that was said in the prequel, which I think has been a massive problem with how the Western world has dealt with Africa, no one can justify going there, because they have no viable reason – meaning oil or money. Here [the president's] response is a human one. We can stop a genocide. I think that that's something that Bill Clinton apologized for not doing with Rwanda and we centered a show around that."[15]

On April 30, producers began scouting locations in Africa in order to film the feature in the upcoming weeks.

Los Angeles, California.[10] By July 13, principal shooting of the film had been completed and post-production had begun.[19]

Reception

Release and viewership

Before release of Redemption, an exclusive six-minute clip was shown to fans at

Sky1, one day after first airing in America.[21] It was later released in the UK on December 1, 2008 with both the original and extended versions on DVD.[22][23] In Australia, Redemption aired on November 24, 2008 on the Seven Network.[24] The DVD was later released on February 11, 2009.[25]

Redemption was placed the second most viewed

Sky 1 in the UK, and received an average of 405,000 viewers, nearly triple the regular number of viewers for the series.[28]

Critical reception

Kiefer Sutherland's performance was praised for showing more of a human side to Jack Bauer.

The film garnered widespread critical acclaim reviews from film critics. It holds an 80% approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 20 reviews.[29] Alessandra Stanley of The New York Times gave the film a positive review, stating that Redemption is "a more sober, stripped-down version of 24, and that's refreshing," and that it was the first time a terrorist threat did not take place in Southern California, and the depiction of the conflict in Sangala is highly realistic and compelling. Stanley also said that a two-hour version of 24 proves that downsizing isn't always a bad thing.[30] Mary McNamara of the Los Angeles Times praised the film, acknowledging the producers taking on board the criticism and moral issues regarding the use of torture, and stated that a group of innocent young children running for their lives "instantly ratchets up a story's emotional level."[31]

Brian Zoromski of IGN rated it "good", 7.5 out of a possible 10. Zoromski stated that the purpose of Redemption was to allow the introduction of new characters for the seventh season. He further praised the action scenes involving Bauer on his own, stating it as a "sort of Die Hard in Africa," and called the change of setting from Los Angeles a "refreshing change of pace". However, Zormski criticized the film for containing "cludgy dialogue and bland scenes", but suggested that it makes up for it with the action scenes and emotional scenes involving Bauer, allowing Sutherland to show his acting range.[32] Oscar Dah; of BuddyTV stated that the film should make up for the critics' poor outing of the sixth season, and has said that the film works wonderfully as the start of the seventh season, and praised Robert Carlyle's performance.[33]

In addition, some reviews had mixed responses. Simon Brew of Den of Geek rated Redemption 3 out of 5 stars, praising it for showing a more human side of Bauer, the acting of Cherry Jones as Allison Taylor, and named Redemption as a solid bridge between season six and seven. However, Brew was critical that it "plays no havoc" with the world of 24, and that it is "lacking at times in urgency".[34] Gerard Gilbert of The Independent stated that the introduction of Jonas Hodges was promising, and praised Jon Voight's acting, as well as stating that the character is the one most to look forward to in the seventh season.[35] Matthew Gilbert of The Boston Globe gave the film a negative review, giving it a 2 out of 10, calling it "un-fun", and stating that Bauer's character has not changed at all from past seasons, and asking, "When does a rogue hero [Bauer] become a tired joke? Based on this un-fun movie, I would say yesterday."[36]

Awards and nominations

In total, the film itself and its lead actor,

Generation Kill.[40] Lastly, William Gocke, Colin McFarlane, Michael Olman and Kenneth Kobett were nominated for "Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Miniseries or a Movie",[38] which was won again by the crew of Generation Kill.[40] Sutherland was also nominated for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie but once again lost to Paul Giamatti in John Adams. Redemption was also nominated for the Satellite Award for Best Television Film but lost to the BBC docudrama Filth: The Mary Whitehouse Story
.

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