Catch a Fire

Catch a Fire

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Catch a Fire

Bob Marley, Bonnie Henna, Bonnie Mbuli, Derek Luke, Mncedisi Shabangu

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  read more... )who is apolitical--until he and his wife are brutalized by government-sanctioned terror squads. Shocked into action, Patrick reorients his sense of self and purpose. Even as policeman Nic Vos further insinuates himself into the lives of Patrick and his family, Patrick becomes a rebel fighter and political operative, staging daring solo attacks against the brutal apartheid regime. Change must and will come, not only for South Africa but also for Patrick, Nic, and those closest to them.

Id: 10890744

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  • December 1, 2009
    great film. derek luke and tim robbins put out two great performances and at times in the flick youre not sure which side to root for even though you know apartied is wrong. they really did this well and you can see the struggle of the opressed.
  • January 9, 2009
    Great film. Real life story very well acted with snippets of the real news being incorporated in the story.

    Highly recommendable.
  • 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) line, and he joins the African National Congress.

    Review
    The film is a well set drama about people struggling for their freedom in their own country, South Africa, based on a true story. As "Hotel Rwanda" and "Shooting Dogs" before, this one is a great peace of entertaining, while it won't leave you indifferent to what actually happened. It's emotional power is impressive, especially for every africanophile. Still, it remains a movie, relating some facts, but not the whole truth. The movie does certainly not use up all of its great potential. At the end, it turns to be a bit too hasty, and important events which would have enriched the story are left behind.
  • March 3, 2008
    Descent film, not impacting enough to remember.
  • November 28, 2007
    A true story about Patrick Chamusso during the 1980's as he battled against apartheid.
  • December 14, 2009
    Phillip Noyce has joined the pantheon of solid action directors who have started to take themselves way too seriously....
  • August 17, 2009
    Cach 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.
    Finding also distant headquarters in Mosambiqu...( read more)e of the rebelion - A.N.C. rumbling a revolt with the manpower to the number of 400 000 peoples in training for combat, to liberate the poor peoples of South Africa from a strong political hand of government at the time, separating the races in true Settelers form ,founding provinces and establishing a nation that could have such vast reaches that it being a restraint or stepping stone, just happened to be in only poor humane taste, as far as humanity has been to itself in the past but nowhere near our potential to self destruct as a animal (sort of the food chain) of massive proportions.
  • August 7, 2009
    keeps your interest ignited and then gives a blazing finale.
  • August 7, 2009
    Recommended by Liesebieke.
  • August 6, 2009
    Wonderful 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)trick can be seen at the end of the movie where he proudly tells that he owns a house where eighty orphans live in his care.
    I don't know where Bob Marley was in the movie (I heard his songs) but I did notice Nelson Mandela.
    A movie in the same class as Goodbye Bafana.

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