Munich details
| Format: | 15 DVD |
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| Starring: | Arthur Chazal, Mathieu Amalric, Ziad Adwan, Hiam Abbass, Guy Amir, Ayelet Zorer, Mosko Alkalai, Marie-Josee Croze, Sharon Alexander, Ric, Gila Almagor, Eric Bana, Hanns Zischler, Ciarán Hinds, Mathieu Kassovitz, Daniel Craig, Geoffrey Rush |
| Director: | Steven Spielberg |
| Genres: | Drama - Historical, Thriller |
| Collections: | The Best of Daniel Craig, Top 400 All-Time Rentals |
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Munich |
15 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 2 hours 37 minutes |
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| Rental release: | Currently unavailable |
| Main languages: | English, English Audio Description |
| Subtitles: | Arabic, Icelandic |
| Hearing impaired subtitles: | English |
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Tit for Tat in a war that may see no end
By SamFromMaidenhead (257 reviews) from Maidenhead , 01 Feb 2006[Highly rated reviewer]
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.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(375)lacks depth
By a customer , 22 Mar 2013The acting is amazing, especially eric bana and geoffrey rush...but the film lacks the depth that such a subject deserves. To me it was because themmessage was too obviously put...and I prefer a film that causes me to think and make up my own mind.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Good insite
By a customer , 02 Dec 2012Really good film, it gave us a really good insight to the real deal in Munich Olympics in the 70s- Was this review helpful to you?
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Munich - Gripping and Watchable
By a customer , 24 May 2012Intense and gripping, the film showed how those who killed the Israeli atheletes in Munich in 1972 were tracked down and killed. Very violent but still very viewable- Was this review helpful to you?
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Not what it says on the tin
By Nevilleccommon (8 reviews) , 06 May 2012Despite Spielbergs disingenuous intro, this film is critical of Israel in the same way that Mel Gibsons films are historically accurate. Hollywood is quick to portray the Vatican as murdering thugs, but serious consideration of Israeli land grabbing and treatment of Palestinians is left to brave Israeli filmmakers.
So the Bana characters nightmares would have been about the murder of the Israeli athletes and not about those he himself killed? I think not. Develop some cojones Mr S. When you make a film about the Stern gangs murders of civilians even while the British were fighting the Nazis, then I'll think you have credibility.
Fine cast, mess of a film- Was this review helpful to you?
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Promising start.
By Deanomassive (7 reviews) , 25 Jan 2012The film starts off promising but the plot never develops and seems to repeat itself in different locations. It does do a good job of making you question the rights and wrongs of the situations being portrayed but it all just feels a little too predictable and dragged out 20 minutes too long.- Was this review helpful to you?
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