Bob Marley, Bonnie Henna, Bonnie Mbuli
Based on the real-life story of Patrick Chamusso, this political thriller spans the years from South Africa's turbulent 1980s to the present day. Patrick is an oil refinery employee and soccer player ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: January 30, 2007
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January 9, 2009Great film. Real life story very well acted with snippets of the real news being incorporated in the story.
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December 5, 2008"The spark that ignites us, unites us."
Patrick Chamusso is an honest oil refinery foreman. When he is interrogated about a terrorist attack at the refinery on his shift, he produces false alibi, which worsen his condition. His jail time experience pushes him across the...( read more) -
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November 28, 2007A true story about Patrick Chamusso during the 1980's as he battled against apartheid.
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August 17, 2009Cach afire - Tim robbins, Derek Luke
Interesting portrayal in an almost pseudo documentry form of Bio adaptation on true 'in the life of?' accounts of a few people on either sides of the 'Apartheid' in South Africa republic proper.
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August 6, 2009Wonderful movie based on real events in the life of freedom fighter Patrick Chamusso. Patrick Chamusso fights against Apartheid after a white South African detective (played by a brilliant Tim Robbins) tortures him and his innocent wife. The real Pa...( read more)
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July 23, 2009We grow up in a society that takes us apart instead of showing us we are ...( read more)
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.OH MY GAWD! This Movie WAS LIKE WAKE UP SLAP for me. It brought a SAD and Horrible memory back to me that I was wi
Critic Reviews
November 6, 2006
Pete Hammond, Maxim
October 27, 2006
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
Catch a Fire could spark a few with this incendiary notion: Torture breeds terrorists. full review
October 26, 2006
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
Ultimately, [director Phillip Noyce] does a pretty good job of telling us the cost of freedom; he just can't quite put us inside the skin of the people who had to pay it. full review
October 26, 2006
Claudia Puig, USA Today
Catch a Fire is a well-constructed action thriller elevated by (Derek) Luke's performance. full review
October 26, 2006
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
Luke is fine in the lead, proving that his good work in Antoine Fisher was no fluke. full review
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October 25, 2006"This weekend, you can watch a great movie and know that proceeds will go to support Amnesty's critical human rights work.
This Friday, Focus Features in collaboration with Amnesty International will release "Catch a Fire". "Catch a Fire" is a political thriller based on the true story of Patrick Chamusso, an ordinary man forced to resort to terror in extraordinary circumstances. It is the story of one man's struggle amongst a nation's, set in a divided South Africa in the nineteen eighties, climaxing in the present day."
Go see it, if you can!
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