First, it should be mentioned that I don’t know movie critique at all. What I want to write about 24 is some personal perception of mine as an ordinary onlooker.
Serial 24 is a movie which embodies the involvement of the United States of America, as a unique superpower with almost whole the world. Besides, it depicts the real polity of the United States of America from the within. From the very start which a black becomes the president and the challenges he faces and the external influences on the politics of that giant (USA) and the attempt on his life (David Palmer, the first ever black who becomes the president of the USA) and his excellence in administering the challenging situations are signifying the reality which every presidential would face in somewhat the same. It has a clear message to Americans (blacks are also human beings and have intelligence for any endeavor as whites have) who already experimented in voting to Barak Obama as a black whose race was discriminated and is even being discriminated today but it is in the process of crossing and leaving behind this era in a civilized society such as U.S.A.
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The termination of David Palmer’s Office and presidency of Charles Logan discloses another reality in American polity that even the first man of that country could be involved in many dirty conspiracies that would put many innocent lives at stakes. His involvement with the terrorists who want to utilize the nuclear weapon in U.S soil and the leak in security forces of U.S, installment of leads at most vital branches of security institutions such as CTU (Counter-terrorism Unit) are the other realities which reveal the fact everything is possible in today’s complex situation. Even the most credible people cannot be trusted in this world which is replete with dangers of terrorism, nuclear weapons, biologic weapons and some new generations of weapons.
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Today, the most challenging dilemma is the confrontation of US with the Islam world. China is a potential threat, Russia is still a rival in military power, Africa is an important issue for US politics but the most overwhelming issue is the Islam world which consists of bigger part of the world and it is not any more bounded to Asia, Middle East, Africa but also is a sensitive issue in USA soil as well. Now, the Islamic extremists can employ the brain-washed Muslims anywhere against the West for their causes. Still, as in this movie expressed, the first defense line of the West in general and US in particular is the Muslim communities if they are regarded as equal citizens. All Muslims are not terrorists and all Muslims do not think the same as extremists which the West should distinguish.
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The presidency of a woman in this movie (Taylor) paves the way for election of a woman in USA for coming elections that is what has not happened yet, and USA feels himself flushed in the world as the pinnacle of the civilization. Even the most backward countries in the world have experienced the leadership of women at the highest level and USA lags in this regard and after a Black presidency, it is the turn of a woman. She (Taylor) represents a high confidence and a successful leadership. It implies that women are also human and has nothing less the men. It has also a clear message for Americans.
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This movie utilizes the most developed technology in security realm. At the beginning of the movie, it uses a rather simple technology but in last chapters it uses the most updated technology and monitors the streets and every corner which is needed. In today’s life, the privacy is so susceptible and can be breached easily. Moreover, the technology has made the world so sticky and the records of any talk or event or scene can be available in the memory of the phones or chips or else.
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The characters of this movie also represent different category of Americans. Some Americans are just slaves of the money and can do anything for becoming rich, even if it harms their own lives and cities. Some Americans are bound too much to the law which does not exist in the way it is demonstrated. These people are the ones who are blind and do not know the real world. USA talks too much about rule of law, human rights and justice. But it is somewhat different in reality. It is the USA leadership who sacrifices the most precious values for the sake of their hold in power and supremacy in the world. It means part of the allegation of the cruelest and most corrupted governments like Qaddafi in Libya and Iran are right about the USA. Some characters of this movie like Jack Bauer, Chloe and Bill Buchannan are very realist and vigilant Americans who sacrifice the smaller for the bigger. They breach the laws but save the lives of many people. They oppose the decisions which are made against the will of the people who do not know what the people who represent them do.
This movie shows that USA sometimes imposes her own will on the countries which are weaker. The last chapter which is the most breathtaking part of the movie; illustrates a peace treaty which is imposed on the I.R.K. and indicates that those who talk about peace they are no more than murderers. It means we the people who look to West in the way which it looks, should doubt many hollow words such as human rights, justice, and democracy and so on. They are just a cover for the imperial purposes as Islam is a mask for terrorists to hide their real face.
I love this serial because of its realistic approach to the most sensitive themes of our real world. I have seen in my real life all the same people as the characters of the mentioned movie. Traitors who call themselves the patriots, the real heroes who are treated as the traitors, the traitors who are forgiven for a bigger conspiracy and the honest people are slapped in the name of law and the people who become anti-everything because of the lies they have been told and they never can believe anything anymore.
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If this serial is to be extended in some other chapters in future, it should focus on Afghanistan and Iraq to save its realistic approach. Afghanistan and Iraq have put lots of pressures on the White House for one decade and they worth to be incorporated in next chapters of this serial. It should reveal many secrets about the US and its allies. There are numerous untold stories about the first decade of the 3rd millennium. They need to be illustrated in 24 as a breakthrough.
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