Munich
Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Marie-Josée Croze
PlotIn the aftermath of the shocking massacre at the 1972 Munich Olympics, where eleven Israeli athletes were brutally killed by the Palestinian group Black September, the Israeli government launches a clandestine retaliatory operation. Avner Kaufman, an experienced Mossad agent, is chosen to lead a specialized team assigned to hunt down and assassinate those responsible for the atrocity. The group is composed of a diverse set of specialists, including bomb makers, document forgers, and a cleanup expert. The mission sends them across Europe and the Middle East in a shadowy and dangerous world of espionage and moral ambiguity.
As they execute their assignments with cold precision, the team members grapple with their personal ethics and the escalating physical and emotional toll the mission exacts on them. They find themselves sinking deeper into a quagmire of uncertainty and paranoia, questioning the righteousness of their actions and the true identities of their targets. Concerns over who to trust and the legitimacy of their intelligence sources grow, while the retaliation cycle of violence spins out of control, blurring the lines between right and wrong. The psychological burden and the relentless fear of reprisal begin to erode their resolve, testing their loyalty to their cause and each other.
Writers: Tony Kushner, Eric Roth, George Jonas
Release Date: 06 Jan 2006
Runtime: 164 min
Rating: R
Country: United States, Canada, France
Language: English, German, French, Hebrew, Arabic, Italian, Greek, Russian, Dutch
Home Video Reviews
'Munich' impresses with its craft, relevance, and bold pursuit of peace; it's highly recommended.
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