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2005

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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
Director	Steven Spielberg
Genres	Drama, Thriller

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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
- 40626
- - Entertainment Weekly
  - 08 Oct 2007 at 15:25
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  - 8
  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... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - SamFromMaidenhead
  - 256 reviews
  - Maidenhead
  - 01 Feb 2006 at 23:46
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  Munich - Gripping and Watchable
  
  Intense 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 ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 24 May 2012 at 19:45
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  Not what it says on the tin
  
  Despite Spielbergs disingenuous intro, this film is critical of Israel in the same way that Mel Gibsons films are historically accurate. Hollywood is quick to ... read more »
  
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- - Nevilleccommon
  - 6 reviews
  - 06 May 2012 at 18:23
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  - 0
  Promising start.
  
  The 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 ... read more »
  
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- - Deanomassive
  - 4 reviews
  - 25 Jan 2012 at 12:30
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  Bana is superb
  
  This is one of my fave Spielberg films. Based on fact, it's harrowing yet engrossing and you really feel for Bana's character. I've watched it ... read more »
  
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- - roddy007
  - 33 reviews
  - Cheltenham
  - 24 Jan 2012 at 23:28
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  Very watchable
  
  A brilliant insight into the retaliation of the brutal killng of 11 Israeli atheletes at the Munich Olympics in 1972.
  
  Its not a glorified excuse for ... read more »
  
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- - Zecrich
  - 1 review
  - 19 Jan 2012 at 15:29
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  Compelling and harrowing
  
  Spielberg takes you back to events surrounding the Munich massacre and the retribution that was born from it. Compelling and harrowing with a superb performance... read more »
  
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- - andwhynot
  - 3 reviews
  - 17 Jan 2012 at 21:42
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  Bana is superb, Spielberg at it again.
  
  A very good film, Bana is superb and some great support from Rush and Craig.
  
  The story is compelling and extremely gritty.
  
  The ending ... read more »
  
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  - chapman26
  - 11 reviews
  - London
  - 17 Jan 2012 at 14:40
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  Gripping and emotional film, brings a scary reality to what religion/politics can do to humans
  
  The fact that it's inspired by real events makes the film have an extra emotional impact. It's a gripping film
  
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- - cfh87
  - 25 reviews
  - 04 Nov 2011 at 09:21
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  Rather boring
  
  Went of for far too long, longer than necessary for this film. Started off well, and didnt live up to expectation. Rather boring.
  
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  - 19 Oct 2011 at 11:48
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  - 3
  utter rubbish
  
  this film was absolutely boring!! it was painful watching it right to the end. i have never seen such a boring film in all my life!
  
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- - thechudd
  - 8 reviews
  - 17 Oct 2011 at 13:57
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- - 74
  - 8
  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... read more »
  
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- 201575
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  - SamFromMaidenhead
  - 256 reviews
  - Maidenhead
  - 01 Feb 2006 at 23:46
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  - 8
  Possibly Speilberg's best?
  
  Saw this film last night at a preview and I can't stop thinking about it!
  
  This film is a true masterpiece and well worth the wait! After leaving ... read more »
  
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- - fifitrixybell
  - Merseyside
  - 17 Jan 2006 at 10:30
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  Disappointment
  
  'Munich' wasn't a bad film, but all the build up for it left me wanting.
  
  The film builds a plausible story around the basic facts that ... read more »
  
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- - Andybe
  - 195 reviews
  - Richmond
  - 24 Jun 2006 at 13:10
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  - 3
  A whimper, not a bang.
  
  Munich is a curiously uninvolving affair, and for my money by far the weakest Spielberg non-blockbuster movie that he's done.
  
  Bana stars as a ... read more »
  
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- - Daniel Shires
  - London
  - 24 Oct 2006 at 12:18
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  munich
  
  i found this film to be lacking in any clear intention it was a rambling disjointed look at actual events and did not show anyone in a good light, the acting ... read more »
  
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  - nottingham
  - 04 Aug 2006 at 09:00
- - 9
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  review 1
  
  i liked this my wife didn't
  
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- - a customer
  - london
  - 02 Sep 2007 at 20:13
- - 9
  - 4
  Excellent
  
  Absolutely excellent and very thought provoking.
  
  Be prepared for violence but, after all, that is the subject.
  
  Violence with impunity (... read more »
  
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- - JohnWK
  - 14 reviews
  - Gloucestershire
  - 30 Jan 2006 at 13:37
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  - 5
  A must see film!
  
  as someone who knew very little about this event, i saw the film from a very neutral standpoint. the message was so powerful and it was impossible not to be ... read more »
  
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  - Poole, England
  - 02 Apr 2006 at 22:41
- - 7
  - 3
  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. ... read more »
  
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- - simon tuck
  - exmouth UK
  - 11 Feb 2006 at 17:28
- - 6
  - 0
  Don't Mess with the Mossad
  
  This film is another good thriller from Steven Spielberg, with an excellent cast, a cracking pace and very good cinematography.
  
  It would have got 5 ... read more »
  
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  - Charles Brickley
  - Andover, Hampshire England
  - 25 Apr 2007 at 18:02

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Critics' reviews
- 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
- 40626
- - Entertainment Weekly
  - 08 Oct 2007 at 15:25
- Spielberg has completed the process begun with simpler SCHINDLER'S LIST to become a truly adult director, with this, his bravest film
- 40628
- - Uncut
  - 08 Oct 2007 at 15:25
- This is a smart and often tense work....It's definitely powerful enough to make you wish he'd head in this direction more often
- 40629
- - USA Today
  - 08 Oct 2007 at 15:25
- ...a thumpingly well-made superbly paced thriller
- 40627
- - Film 2006
  - 08 Oct 2007 at 15:25

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  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 ...