If you loved The Quiet American, try Catch a Fire
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by Phillip Noyce, and they sit in Drama / Thriller territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Quiet American, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Catch a Fire is
Secunda CTL fuel plant winter dawn alarms blaring A timid foreman's life upends in accusation and torture Phillip Noyce directs a tense thriller of radicalized insurgency.
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