uncannily similar to….SPOILERS!

i recently watched, incidentally, right after I was watching the tv series 24, and wow, this film is just like a season of 24. like if i research I wonder what connection it has to 24, if 24 was written first but didn't get picked up, and got condensed to this film. maybe everything is like 24 after you see it, but this film really did seem perfectly close enough to enjoy it as some sort of fan parody of 24, or 24 being a strange remake of Goobers!, its titled here as Mystery Monster and that applies to what 24 is about.