honestly the only reason jack looks tough is because everyone around him is dumb. african terrorist were able to break into the whitehouse. the only reason jack was able to have the russian president on shot range was because of the ex president. he told the ex president to meet with the russian president. jack bauer has horrible h2h combat. his fights are a real struggle. if anything he is more of a gun guy. jack bauer can not make everyone talk. tony almeida refused to talk to jack. also the russian that shot renae didn't talk until he was dead. there are many times they could of killed jack but they decided not to. just like when the president order them not kill jack when they had him shot range. jack is extremely overrated and would not last a second in a taken or jason bourne movie. the security level in jacks world is extremely bad. no wonder why he accomplish those feats.