Watch: Catch a Fire 2006 123movies, Full Movie Online – A political thriller: the real-life story of a South African hero’s journey to freedom. In the country’s turbulent and divided times in the 1980s, Patrick Chamusso is an oil refinery foreman and soccer coach who is apolitical – until he and his wife Precious are jailed. Patrick is stunned into action against the country’s oppressive reigning system, even as police Colonel Nic Vos further insinuates himself into the Chamussos’ lives..
Plot: 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.
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Catch a Fire is powerful and emotional
Catch a Fire is surprisingly powerful and emotional. This emotion is assisted by a very moving soundtrack of South African music. The emotion is also feed by a brutal force of “anti-terrorists”, with some of their interrogation techniques being very hard to watch for a PG-13 rated film. Though most violence is implied the film still does a very good job of portraying the brutality of the treatment that suspected terrorists in South Africa received. This film also does a great job of showing the terrorists side of the fight and offers insight into their motivation. The film focuses on people and their motivations and anyone can identify with almost every character. Despite being based on a true story and being a fairly realistic portrayal of the actual events, this film somehow manages to have enough action and suspense to have a fairly high entertainment value. A must see for anyone who enjoys historical films or drama/thrillers. 9/10
Hyper-realistic, emotional and fair minded
This movie, set in the 1980’s, depicts and contrasts the brutal oppression of White South Africa with the opposition of the ANC, most notably Joe Slovo, a hero of the time. Joe Slovo paid a high price for his opposition, including the loss of his wife to the oppressors of the day, but this movie, with a screenplay written by one of his children, takes a high-minded, forgiving approach that few of us could ever contemplate in the circumstances. Told through the eyes of Patrick Chamusso, a gentle man whose quiet life becomes radicalized by oppressive forces, the movie is powerful, emotional and, curiously – for reasons mentioned, balanced. One of the best movies I have ever seen, with a fine performance by Tim Robbins as a detective without a soul. This movie was first screened at the Toronto International Film Festival where it received lengthy and well-deserved applause, as did a gracious Mr. Chamusso, who was on hand at the premiere.
Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 41 min (101 min), 1 hr 38 min (98 min) (Toronto International) (Canada)
Budget 14000000
Revenue 5710236
Status Released
Rated PG-13
Genre Biography, Drama, History
Director Phillip Noyce
Writer Shawn Slovo
Actors Derek Luke, Tim Robbins, Bonnie Mbuli
Country France, United Kingdom, South Africa, United States
Awards 2 wins & 14 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A
Sound Mix Dolby Digital, DTS
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory N/A
Film Length N/A
Negative Format 16 mm (Mozambique), 35 mm (Kodak), Video (final scene only)
Cinematographic Process DV (final scene only), Digital Intermediate (master format), Super 16 (Mozambique), Super 35 (3-perf) (source format)
Printed Film Format 35 mm (anamorphic)