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Production Year: 2005 - Drama - Director: Steven Spielberg - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over more

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A thought-provoking surprise from famed director Steven Spielberg, MUNICH explores the after effects of the brutal terrorist attacks on the Israeli athletic team at that German...
more...city's 1972 Olympic Games. Loosely adapted from the book VENGEANCE by Hungarian George Jonas, the script was largely written by the provocative, award-winning playwright Tony Kushner (ANGELS IN AMERICA), who lends an incisive intelligence to the dialogue. The film begins with the violent sequence of the terrorists carrying out their attacks on the Israelis; a bloody and gruesome sequence that is deftly and beautifully handled by Spielberg and his brilliant cinematographer, Januzs Kaminski. Back in Israel, we meet the handsome and charming Avner, deeply in love with his beautiful, pregnant wife. Domestic bliss is short-lived however; immediately following these Black September attacks, Avner (THE HULK's Eric Bana), the son of an Israeli hero, is summoned by his country's famed secret service agency, the Mossad, to carry out violent retaliations against those Palestinian terrorists allegedly behind the Munich massacre. Commanded from afar by prickly government agent Ephraim (the inimitable Geoffrey Rush), Avner and his team of handpicked men pugnacious South African Steve (Daniel Craig), goofy ex-toy maker Robert (French actor Matthieu Kassovitz), morally conflicted Carl (Ciaran Hinds), and terse professional Hans (Hanns Zischler) must deal with some shady, nefarious international figures as they track down their Palestinian prey. Their mission takes them everywhere, from the villas of Rome to a seedy hotel in Cyprus, and with each successful kill, Avner's iron will begins to dissolve, and guilt and doubt begin to take hold of his conscience. Strong performances (particularly by the magnetic Eric Bana), gripping action, moral complexity, and a political urgency make the film not only consistently entertaining, but enormously important. Kushner and Spielberg work together to make it clear that the past informs the present, and the lingering final shot should leave viewers with much to think about.





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Mossad Strikes Back
A review by callumbm on Munich DVD
November 4th, 2006


Author's product rating:   Munich DVD - rated by callumbm

Did you enjoy it? Liked it 
Story Good 
Characters / Performances Satisfactory 
Special Effects Good 
How does it compare to similar films? Good 

Advantages: A well directed story .
Disadvantages: Sometimes hard to follow .

Recommend to potential buyers: yes 

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This was a well director mircale.

Munich recounts the dramatic story of the secret Israeli squad assigned to trackk down and assassinate 11 Palestinians beleived to planned the 1972 Munich massacre.

This is a gripping movie, though as most true stories, it's quite hard to follow. I would reccommend this to someone who is aware of the politics in Israel and the situation surrounding the massacre. Definately not a family movie.

It's only special features are an introduction from director Steven Spielberg and 'Munich: The Team, The Mission' featurette, which are okay as this is a serious movie there isn't many more features they could put on.

On the whole I thought it was a good movie by an excellent director, a bit hard to follow but entertaining all the same. 
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