ever a loaded issue

Rating: 7/10 (12 February 2006)

OK. We should all know by now that the situation in Israel/Palestine is a loaded issue: no matter what you say about it, someone's bound to take offense. In the post-September 11 world, it would seem virtually impossible to take a balanced look at terrorism.
Surprisingly, "Munich" manages to do so. Focusing on some Israeli agents given the assignment of killing the Palestinians who assassinated the Israeli Olympic team in 1972. Led by Avner (Eric Bana), they travel all over Europe to track down the men. But after a while, Avner begins to have misgivings about the whole mission: every time you kill a terrorist, you create another.
The movie also lets us hear the Palestinian side. One man explains that the Palestinians have been a displaced people for over twenty years. Of course the Zionists claim that they never had a country to begin with.
So overall, I will assert that Steven Spielberg has made an acceptable movie.