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Munich

Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Marie-Josée Croze, Geoffrey Rush, Mathieu Kassovitz

'Munich' recounts the dramatic story of the secret Israeli squad assigned to track down and assassinate 11 Palestinians believed to have planned the 1972 Munich massacre -- and the personal toll this ...( read more  read more... )mission of revenge takes on the team and the man who leads it.

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  • SirPant
    October 2, 2009
    SirPant
    A brilliantly and beautifully shot film dealing with the Munich Olympic terrorist massacre of 1972. Spielberg has never been the most unbiased storyteller when it comes to his films (No, I'm not a Nazi) but his morals have always been in the right place. Here, I feel he finds per...( read more)fect balance and shows that, not only are things rarely black and White but that next to no one is innocent and everyone suffers because of it. This is one of his best films to date and has redeemed him in my eyes. The cast are also, on top form esp Bana.
  • irisheyes686
    August 22, 2009
    irisheyes686
    Good movie, but it was kinda long. I wasn't around during the time this happened, so I don't know how accurately this was portrayed, but it was really sad that this happened.
  • DrZeek
    August 12, 2009
    DrZeek
    Ephraim: We have 11 Palestinian names. Each had a hand in planning Munich. You're going to kill them, 11 men, one by one. They're all in Europe now. You'll stay there as long as it takes.

    Spielberg know how to make his historical epics. A very well done, well acted, well crafted...( read more) movie. Everything here is done well, which is impressive, given that Spielberg chose to make this film immediately after War of the Worlds, with only 6 months to get the film completely made and out in theaters. I mention this because while I wouldn't say this is my favorite Spielberg film, I would say that this may be his best work as a director firing on all cylinders.

    Ephraim: We deposit money from a fund that doesn't exist into a box we don't know about in a bank we've never set foot in. We can't help you because we never heard of you before.

    Eric Bana stars as Avner, a low-level Mossad agent, who is chosen by Golda Mier to lead a special team to eliminate eleven of the men involved in planning the assassinations of the Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics. Avner will be joined by four other Jews, including Steve the driver, played by Daniel Craig. Carl the worrier, played by Ciaran Hinds. Robert the toy maker and bomb maker, played by Mathieu Kassovitz. And Hans the ID forger, played by Hanns Zischler. Avner also receives some backhanded support from his handler Ephraim, played by Geoffrey Rush. These men will have to work at finding leads to get them information for locating their targets, as well as deal with possible from interference from other various agencies. They must also deal with their own personal turmoil, as each kill makes them question their overall purpose and how this effects their religious views and thoughts on the status of Israel.

    Robert: We are supposed to be righteous. That's a beautiful thing. And we're losing it. If I lose that, that's everything. That's my soul.

    While not a hard watch as a film like Schindler's List, this film shows Spielberg's movement towards darker and more challenging territory. It is showing the response to a dramatic event through the use of 'eye for an eye' vengeance, while bringing into question the morality of the people involved as well as the significance to the overall standings of the Middle East. The way Spielberg does this, is through assembling a simple revenge narrative and bringing these factors in slowly, as the film moves farther and farther into somber territory. Interspersed throughout the film are recreations of the tragic events at the Munich Olympics, weaving into play the news footage from that time.

    Along with having the film bring into question some challenging elements, it also succeeds as a competent thriller. Assassination scenes involving some careful planning and secret bombs manage to create quite a bit of effective tension, further employing the different skills of Spielberg as a director. However, even with these thriller moments, the movie doesn't play to an audience friendly level. This is a hard R rated movie, with some graphic violence that treats guns in a very uncensored sort of way. They are loud, jarring, and messy, which this movie doesn't shy away from showing. And even with the violence portrayed, the film is wonderfully shot by Spielberg's regular DP, Janusz Kaminski, who gives the film a sort of washed out look throughout, while still separating the various locations the team is supposed to be at. Also, while not heavily scored throughout, John Williams manages to effectively keep the film set in its tone.

    The actors are all very good here. Eric Bana deserves more credit for his work. He hasn't been given a great number of lead roles that have brought him to well respected fame, but I really enjoy Bana (even in Troy) and I can only hope he gets more challenging roles like this one that put him in a bigger light for greater audiences to see.

    At almost three hours, this film is a stretch, but it works at supplying an interesting take at what could have been played for a more straight forward revenge drama set in a historical atmosphere. It is truly a wonderfully assembled piece of work that has come from Spielberg's ability to explore all the various talents he has.

    Carl: I knew guys like you in the army. You do any terrifying thing you're asked to do, but you have to do it running. You think you can outrun your fears, your doubts. The only thing that really scares you guys is stillness.
  • flixsterman
    March 27, 2009
    flixsterman
    Like many people around the world, I spent September 5th, 1972 huddled around a TV set, transfixed by the events unfolding at the Israeli athletic dorm in Munich Germany. Prior to that time I hadn't paid much attention to world politics, nor had I , at the age of 10, considered ...( read more)Arab antisemitism to be an issue worthy of my concern. After watching ABC sports commentator Jim McKay remorsefully announce "They're all gone" on live television, all that changed.



    The atrocities that the butchers of 'Black September' conceived and carried out that day firmly and forever cemented my support for the nation of Israel, as it did for countless other Americans of my generation. Spielberg's Munich brought back a flood of memories and emotions for me and renewed my passion and support for the Jewish state. It also brought to light Israel's response in the aftermath of the tragedy and presented a plausible dramatic interpretation of the events that later transpired, events that I was, until now, unaware of.

    As with his other big budget epics (i.e. Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List, etc.) Steven Spielberg's Munich is polished and commercially viable. It lacks the edginess and grit of lesser scale independent and international productions. That's admittedly more a matter of my personal taste than it is a knock on this Hollywood production, but it nonetheless affects my assessment of the film. The true value of this motion picture is not in it's structure but rather in it's presentation of important history to an entire generation of young people who may have been oblivious to these events.
  • MovieGeek13
    March 19, 2009
    MovieGeek13
    Spielberg's movie is a great thriller and a haunting political statement.
  • sillymee3
    December 20, 2009
    sillymee3
    Great movie. In my movie collection.
  • toxxicgoddess
    December 19, 2009
    toxxicgoddess
    Great movie. But if you don't know your world history you just don't get it!
  • scrambledegg7
    December 19, 2009
    scrambledegg7
    This is one of those movies I could admire, but not enjoy. I was impressed with Eric Bana in this role - he carried the weight of his position in the story very well. The movie as a whole was well-crafted, but the emotional investment didn't really last as the film credits rolled...( read more). I found it easy to detach from and observe very objectively. One or two nice scenes kept my interest for the most part, but at no point did I feel much concern or care for this character or his dilemma. In fact, I can't at this moment remember exactly what happened in it.

    This genre of movie tends to lose my interest fast, and, unfortunately, Munich did not do quite enough to hold it.
  • showbiz101
    December 18, 2009
    showbiz101
    I actually slept through most of this, which had more to do with how tired i was rather than how dull the movie is. It seemed interesting of what i saw :p Want to watch it over, but its too slow for me to really jump at it again.
  • Zevolta101
    December 13, 2009
    Zevolta101
    Eric Bana is a badass
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