Politicide is so mean. (or, (whining) "...but~ it's~not~fair!")

Rating: 9/10 (24 May 2013)

(SPOILERS) About the film, Munich, I was confounded by some of the ideologies, terrified by the expressed potentialities and convinced that those drunken 'mericans were intended to represent CIA interlopers.
Like the rest of mankind, I have a limited knowledge of actual events. Only historically and then only after some of the filters have fallen away, might we know what these individuals and governments were up to, went through, and to what degree/end they succeeded/failed. For political action films, my initial attentions focus on the realities of physical events (devices, vehicles, locations) and the acting (characters, dialog) not my perception of the truth at the time I am viewing.
Only recently have I learned to withstand my own predisposition to believe that "...based on actual events." means anything. Unless it is a first hand, objective accounting of a single perspective backed up by unedited documentation - it is fiction. To call it "a memoir" or "based on a true story" is just a disclaimer. Here is the simplest truth: someone fabricated a storyline and wrote it down.
Many reviews decried the freelance killing of the Dutch houseboat woman. While brutal, it is among the most realistic death scenes, ever. The subtlety of her reaction to having been shot, the manner in which she made a semi-conscious rationalization to leave the room, then defaulted to a familiar action (approaching the cat) the decreasing abilities to function that resulting in her with finality, but as though she was only short on alternatives, visit a necessary chair. It was a wonderful scene, acting-wise. And yes it was horrific. One thing I noticed is the number of comments about the shooters "reloading," them "shooting her again" and then leaving her exposed. Unless there are several cuts, I saw a third man perform the "coup De gras" and then after one of the original shooters closed her robe, the third man brazenly uncovered her again and said, "leave it..." or to that effect. All the whining about nudity, grace, fairness and decency fails to sway my opinion that it was very well acted.
This film and those like it are about reality; bad people in a grossly mismanaged geopolitical world. (Wake up! Yes, it's a mess, and no, I couldn't do better at picking up after their droppings.) Those whose sensitivities are disturbed by the violence of political drama must to take some responsibility. Either do a little more research into what you choose to watch, or stop complaining about how the big mean world is being depicted. On the other hand - one might stick with fantasy...For instance, 1950's musicals or U.S. prime-time network television...the truly mindless stuff of life.