Catch A Fire

Whatever you have planned this weekend, please make time to go see Catch A Fire starring Derek Luke (Antwon Fisher) and Tim Robbins (Nothing to Lose). Tim Robbins has been in tons of stuff, but Nothing to Lose was so funny.. Anyway, there's nothing funny about Catch A Fire. The film is honestly the best I've seen in 06.. If Derek doesn't get an Oscar nod it will be a tragedy. He completely became this guy Patrick Chamusso, a real guy from South Africa who fought back against Apartheid. Derek never lost his accent and was really moving. His wife was played by this actress Bonnie Henna who is from South Africa and has been acting since age 13. She also put it down.

The movie starts with their wedding and runs through the end of Apartheid. If you don't know about apartheid or can't recall how fucked up it was, this film does a good job of reminding you and it's so important to remember because this shit was going on until like 1991. In fact, there's still plenty more to know about apartheid after you watch the film, it's not a history lesson at all. I remember studying it in school, but don't remember a story that brought the emotions behind it out like this movie does. The film also gives you another view of so-called terrorists, because that's what they called the freedom fighters that tried to end apartheid.

They used a lot of Bob Marley music because his music was really popular in the country at this time. It's not too bloody or violent and it will look and sound better in the theater.
Go go go!