Is it really just an eye for an eye?

Rating: 8/10 (11 June 2006)

Steven Spielberg directs this riveting movie based on real events. The world was stunned as it watched the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. Eleven Israeli athletes were held captive and then slaughtered. A former bodyguard for Isreali Prime Minister Meir(Lynn Cohen)named Avner(Eric Bana)is assigned to lead a team to track down eleven Palestinian terrorist responsible for the Olympic killings. The mission monikered "Operation Wrath of God" had Avner and his squad of assassins crisscrossing Europe and America to eliminate the terrorist group known as Black September.
You make think a running time of 2hrs and 44mns as lumbering; but MUNICH has the ability to hold your interest throughout. Tremendously engaging. John William's musical score is intense and deliberate. Other featured actors: Daniel Craig, Ayelet Zurer, Ciaran Hinds, Hanns Zischler, Mathieu Kassovitz and Geoffrey Rush.