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Munich (23-Dec-2005)
Director: Steven Spielberg Writer: Tony Kushner Based on a book by: George Jonas Keywords: Drama, Israel, Olympics, Terrorism, Assassination, Revenge, Explosions Historical thriller details the Mossad's mission to eliminate terrorists responsible for the killing of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
ABSTRACT
Adapted from the George Jonas memoir Vengeance: The True Story of an Israeli Counter-Terrorist Team, Munich provides viewers with director Steven Spielberg's dramatization of events surrounding Palestinian terrorist organization Black September's murder of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany and subsequent Mossad efforts under the direction of then-Israeli prime minister Golda Meir to track down and exact revenge on those responsible. A moderate commercial success, Munich was warmly received by most mainstream critics, though some Jewish organizations raised concerns with Spielberg's depiction of Israeli ethics and motives.
REVIEWS Review by anonymous (posted on 7-Mar-2006) Political events caught up
in movie celluloid always provoke a cross section of views as to the
extent of fact versus fiction and Spielberg's latest tour de force will
outrage many and encourage others that the truth is out there
somewhere. The plot centres on the aftermath of the kidnapping and
murder of Israeli athletes in the Munich Olympic Village in 1972. What
follows is a systematic series of targeted assassinations and
retaliations between the Israeli secret service and the Black September
Palestinian group. I am loathed to describe them as terrorists as
throughout the movie there is no distinction between the executions on
either side. Spielberg will not have made any new friends in his own
Jewish community but one has to applaud his gaul at challenging the
version of the truth offered by Israel and the West about what
happened. On another level it focuses on the emotional rollercoaster of
the leader of the Israeli death squad, one Eric Bana. Here lies the
real meat of this movie as we share with him the anger, hatred, fear
and ultimately pointlessness of what evolves as he loses hisfellow
group and has nightmares about his own family becoming targets in the
future. The film ends with a paranoic edge as we all look over our
shoulders as to when we may be expendable for the cause. As Willard was
told in Apocolypse Now, "This mission does not exist" You become
stateless and rich but in fear forever. AstaHugo Mar 2006
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