Phillip Noyce

Tim Robbins, Phillip Noyce, and Shawn and Robyn Slovo: [Robbins:] 'That Afrikaaner policeman...was made out to be the bad guy when in fact the people that set the policy wound up in mansions with very large pensions.'

Plays like a political Heat, but for the sake of the scrupulously researched social history, a bit of artificially induced pulse-pounding can be forgiven.

Ford gives one of his most commanding performances outside of a Lucas production, establishing an action formula Ford would repeat...

Momentarily exciting but utter nonsense, a Burmese Tiger Pit built over a gaping plot hole.

Too bad that this junior version of Fahrenheit 451 turned out drippy...It's odd to watch a film about the rediscovery of love, faith, passion, and color, and for the film to be so by-the-numbers colorless.