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Munich
2005
Inspired by real events, Munich reveals the intense story of the secret Israeli squad assigned to track down and assassinate the 11 Palestinians believed to have planned the 1972 Munich massacre of 11 Israel athletes - and the personal toll this mission of revenge takes on the team and the man who led it. Read more
| Starring | Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Geoffrey Rush, Mathieu Kassovitz |
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| Director | Steven Spielberg |
| Genres | Audio Descriptive, Drama, Thriller |
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Munich
Inspired by real events, Munich reveals the intense story of the secret Israeli squad assigned to track down and assassinate the 11 Palestinians believed to have planned the 1972 Munich massacre of 11 Israel athletes - and the personal toll this mission of revenge takes on the team and the man who led it.
| Starring | Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Geoffrey Rush, Mathieu Kassovitz, Hanns Zischler, Ciarán Hinds, Marie-Josee Croze, Gila Almagor, Ayelet Zorer, Hiam Abbass, Ziad Adwan, Sharon Alexander, Mosko Alkalai, Mathieu Amalric, Guy Amir, Arthur Chazal, Ric |
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| Director | Steven Spielberg |
| Studio | UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 37 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Audio Descriptive, Drama, Thriller |
| Language | English, English Audio Description |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | Arabic, Icelandic |
| Released | DVD: 12 Jun 2006 Production year: 2005 |
| Format | DVD |
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Included in Entertainment Weekly's Top Ten Films Of The Year -- Steven Spielberg's brilliant political thriller is a work of spectacular and unsettling excitement
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Spielberg has completed the process begun with simpler SCHINDLER'S LIST to become a truly adult director, with this, his bravest film
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62 out of 67 people found this review helpful
Tit for Tat in a war that may see no end
The Jewish / Palestinian conflict has been raging since 1947 and the episode in Munich with the massacre of the Israeli Olympic team back in '72 is just one chapter from this sorry affair. The film Munich is both powerful and depressing because it addresses the contradictory solution of using violence to end violence. An unofficial Israeli hit squad is led by Avner (Eric Bana) and they have to assassinate one by one the Palestinian perpetrators of the Munich massacre. However as their targets each meet a grisly death the assassinations begin to question their own sanity and moral justification that what they are doing makes any sense. The film is not biased in any way as Speilberg does allow the Palestinians a voice to put across their case. Similarly he also focuses on the Jews who have to live with the consequences that so long as they harbour the Palestinians as sub human they have to live with the consequences. Hatred begets hatred. Munich ends on the note that neither side has the high moral ground.
The film does not quite work as a thriller because the assassination set ups become boring by the third target and you know what will come next. It is also about thirty minutes too long but it is difficult to see how any of it could have been trimmed as their is so much too cram in. The acting is very good by all especially Eric Bana who is growing in stature with every film. There are some nice shots by Speilberg and the sound is excellent. Some scenes are very tense and exciting such as the stand off with the PLO in a Greek hotel whilst others can almost send you asleep. The Seventies is wonderfully recreated even if some of the sets (especially London) look a little obvious. Munich is probably Speilberg's bravest movie since Schindler's List and for that he must be commended. Don't let anyone else make up your mind as to whether it is pro or anti Jewish. Go see it and make your own mind up because it is definitely worth watching. -
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7 out of 10 people found this review helpful
its not often im moved
'During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September. In retaliation, the Israeli government recruits a group of Mossad agents to track down and execute those responsible for the attack.'
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Well its been a long time since i came out from a movie moved. since even schindlers list Spielberg has done it again. moments when yes perhaps it was confusing but generally i was taken on a steady definite pace throughout. flash backs that came about that dreadful event were both powerful and timely. the sheer photography of the film was a beautiful gray almost fullfilling the situation of the job in hand. then the contrast of the 'kitchen'. a film full of 70's haircuts and cars. this was no James Bond but you feel you are watching reality. at times you wish you weren't. this is a 15 and well a few years ago it would have made the 18 grade. by the end im with the assassin and caring for him and his family even though what he did perhaps solved nothing but another lifetime of war. go watch it. but learn from it or will we have to wait another lifetime for things to change. -
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Munich
Inspired by real events, Munich reveals the intense story of the secret Israeli squad assigned to track down and assassinate the 11 Palestinians believed to have planned the 1972 Munich massacre of 11 Israel athletes - and the personal toll this mission of revenge takes on the team and the man who ...
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