Munich

Rating: 8/10 (21 March 2006)

Munich is an intellectual and violent thriller. It explains the events surrounding the 1972 terrorist attack on the Israeli Olympic team. This movie didn't concentrate on just what happened the day of the attacks though. It shows how the Israeli government responded to the attack from the Palestinian terrorists.
In the movie a team of five assassins is assembled to take out key Palestinian targets. They are unofficially employed by the Israeli government. To find their targets they use a French informant. This informant gives good information, but puts them in troublesome circumstances. Eventually three of the five team members are killed, and the team returns without completing their mission, but are still regarded as heroes. Munich showed a lot of politics that still pertain to today. It included terrorism from Muslim nations and the ongoing tension between Israel and Palestine. This movie provided an interesting insight to how politics were sometimes run back then. In the movie it even mentioned that the U.S. was funding terrorists, with the agreement that they would be safe. The government had its secret operations that were neither known about nor legal. They gave the assassination team no guidance besides a list of who they wanted dead. The team assembled wasn't even very skilled or qualified for the job.
One of the most interesting aspects of the movie was the variety of weapons used in it. Plastic explosives, WWII bombs, sniper rifles, guns, and even a gun in the shape of a tube were all used.
This movie was very intriguing in its political aspects. It was interesting in the way that it portrayed how things were run back in the 1970's. It had tons of action and suspense, but managed to keep an interesting plot. Spielberg did a great job of retelling the events proceeding the terrorist attack of the Munich Olympics.