Catch a Fire (2006)
Directed by Phillip Noyce
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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Noyce's name is not as readily familiar as some of the more recent action masters, but his skill is undeniable, no matter what mode he finds himself working in (earlier this decade he was responsible for the fine Graham Greene adaptation The Quiet American , and even if there's not much to like about his last film, 2006's Catch a Fire , it's not the direction at fault).
Give or take a doublecross or two, Noyce (Catch a Fire, The Quiet American) offers up a straightforward thriller, and anybody who prefers to watch movies without resorting to extensive cerebral gymnastics should enjoy the familiar ride, which comes with a swift pace and a solid cast.
Philip Noyce, who directed Jolie in "The Bone Collector" (and Harrison Ford in his Jack Ryan movies), demonstrated his sociopolitical smarts in "The Quiet American," "Rabbit-Proof Fence" and "Catch a Fire."