Jack Bauer is a Fedral agent who heads up the Counter Terroist Unit.He is given the task of preventing an assassination attempt on Presidential candidate,Senator David Palmer.The 'assassin' is belived to be working on the inside of the Government and Jack may trust no one.When Jack's family are abducted and the authorities suspect Jack of attempted murder,he truns to collegue Nina Myers who is his friend and confidant...Filmed in real time,Jack faces the worst tweenty-four hours of his life as he battles for the recovery of his family and a fovernment mole.