Catch a Fire

2006 · directed by Phillip Noyce

Rating
66/100
Hit
no

The true story of anti-apartheid activists in South Africa, and particularly the life of Patrick Chamusso, a timid foreman at Secunda CTL, the largest synthetic fuel plant in the world. Patrick is wrongly accused, imprisoned and tortured for an attempt to bomb the plant, with the injustice transforming the apolitical worker into a radicalised insurgent, who then carries out his own successful sabotage mission.

Catch a Fire (2006), directed by Phillip Noyce, rates 66/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

  • Tim Robbins
  • Derek Luke
  • Bonnie Mbuli
  • Mncedisi Shabangu
  • Tumisho Masha
  • Sithembiso Khumalo
  • Terry Pheto
  • Michele Burgers
  • Mpho Lovinga
  • Jay Anstey

Crew

  • Ron Fortunato — Director of Photography
  • Jill Bilcock — Editor
  • Philip Miller — Original Music Composer
  • Shawn Slovo — Screenplay

More from Phillip Noyce

  1. Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002) — 77/100
  2. The Quiet American (2002) — 75/100
  3. Clear and Present Danger (1994) — 71/100
  4. Dead Calm (1989) — 71/100
  5. Patriot Games (1992) — 68/100
  6. Fast Charlie (2023) — 67/100

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