A thorny piece of recent history

Rating: 8/10 (27 March 2006)

It is not so frequent to find a film that is intriguing Spielberg's "Munich" is beyond intrigue to the point to do ruinous damage It's a dramatic thriller that disarms you and leaves you shocked It really makes you question the nature of national retaliation, and gives you something to think about and discuss
Spielberg tries to remain in equilibrium on a very sensitive issue He draws our attention to the consciousness of the Israeli assassins by showing their attempts to prevent injury to an innocent girl but, oddly enough, refuses to demonstrate the deplorable suffering of the Palestinians or their inalienable right of self-determination to return to their homeland
Everyone who knows the story seems to have a different opinion about how it should be told "Munich" is about Israel's response to the murder, at the 1972 Olympics, of 11 Israeli athletes by Palestinian militants Spielberg's disputable film follows Israel's retaliation by presenting an Israeli commando led by a Mossad agent who is about to become a father, and he is asked to lead an assassination squad to track down and eliminate, by any means possible, the masterminds who had organized the Munich attack
Spielberg shows a former Israeli prime ministerdressed as a womansneaking into Lebanon and assassinating targets
The killings are carried out in Rome, Paris, Cyprus, Beirut and Athens