24: Redemption (working title 24: Exile) is a television movie that bridges the gap between the sixth and seventh seasons of the TV series 24. The narrative in the episode takes place during a presidential inauguration and is split between the fictional African nation Sangala and the United States: in Sangala, Jack Bauer finds himself caught up in a military coup while trying to find a place where he can 'be at peace'; and in the United States, where President-elect Allison Taylor is being sworn in to office. The movie takes place in real-time, covering two hours, 3:00pm to 5:00pm, Sangala time.
The movie premiered on November 23, 2008 in the USA with the extended DVD released two days later. The movie aired on November 24, 2008 on Sky1 in the UK and on December 5, 2008 on the Seven Network in Australia. The extended version features the removal of the 24 clock that would appear at commercial breaks, and as such the time of day varies between the two versions at some specific areas where a time of day clock is shown. The clock is still seen at the beginning and ending of the extended version.
The storyline takes place on Inauguration Day for the next U.S. President, Allison Taylor, and is filmed partially in South Africa. "Jack is a soul in turmoil and has been moving from place to place trying to find somewhere he can be at peace," says co-executive producer, Manny Coto. "But he winds up in Africa in the middle of a military coup." Meanwhile, Bauer is subpoenaed to appear before a Senate hearing while in Africa, but doesn't want to go.
Kiefer Sutherland was nominated for this performance as "Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Film" at the 66th Golden Globe Awards.
Jack Bauer is now at the Okavango school in Sangala, a fictional African country, helping his old friend Carl Benton (Robert Carlyle) with missionary work, attempting to find peace. He has been served a subpoena to appear before the U.S. Senate regarding torture charges, but refuses to go. A U.S. State Department official, Frank Trammel, hints that the Embassy will cut funding for Benton's school if Benton continues to protect Jack, so Jack decides to leave. Meanwhile, two boys from the school are playing football with some other boys at a field in town when they are ambushed by soldiers in General Juma's militia, intending to recruit them as soldiers for Juma's coup d'etat, which Juma is planning and arming with aid from a secret organisation within the U.S. government. The two boys run, but are shot, leaving one dead and the other wounded.
Benton drives to town to investigate the missing children, and soon finds the two boys. He calls Jack, who is leaving, telling him that Juma's men are heading for the school. Jack hides the children in an underground shelter and then arms himself from Benton's weapons cache. As the soldiers arrive, Jack ambushes them and kills several men before getting captured. The rebels torture Jack to obtain the location of the hidden children, but Jack instead sends them into the bush, where Benton has returned and is waiting. Benton ambushes the remaining three soldiers, while Jack kills the leader, the brother of Iké Dubaku, a high-ranking rebel commander. Iké soon learns of his brother's death and plots revenge, while Jack and Benton decide to drive the children to the U.S. Embassy in the capital city to evacuate them. However, they only have until 5 PM, when the last helicopter will leave. On the way, rebel patrols force them to abandon their bus and travel the remainder of the journey on foot.
In Washington, D.C., Chris Whitley (Kris Lemche) is ordered by the conspirators to erase all information that would incriminate them. Instead, he decides to call his friend Roger Taylor (Eric Lively), the son of President-elect Allison Taylor, who is only hours away from being sworn in. Whitley meets Roger and tells him about the possible conspiracy. Roger reluctantly agrees to help, but when Whitley returns home to retrieve the data he was instructed to erase, he is stopped by men who work for Jonas Hodges (Jon Voight), one of the conspirators. The men take the information and kill Whitley, burying him in concrete to hide the body.
Jack, Benton, and the children are walking along a river when they are spotted by Iké's helicopter, and take cover in the forest. Iké and his men follow them on foot and are gaining ground on them when Benton accidentally steps on a land mine after a boy nearly steps on one himself. Jack tries to disarm it, but with little time Benton begs him to leave so he can buy time. Jack reluctantly leaves with the children. Benton waits until he is surrounded by Iké and his men before taking his foot off the trigger, detonating the mine and killing himself as well as the rebels. However, Iké himself survives, wounded (as revealed in the extended edition). Jack and the children continue to the capital, where everyone is fleeing to the embassy. As Jack and the children approach, they are ambushed by several rebels, whom Jack is able to defeat. He then encounters the boy who was brainwashed in the prologue, and manages to convince him to put down his rifle. With minutes to go Jack reaches the embassy with the children. However since Benton (their legal guardian) is dead, Trammel is able to blackmail Jack into surrendering himself in order to guarantee the children's safety. Meanwhile in Washington D.C, Allison Taylor is inaugurated as President of the United States. Jack is arrested and leaves with the children by helicopter, as hundreds of Sangalans are left behind outside the embassy gates.
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