Uninspiring

Rating: 7/10 (9 January 2006)

I have seen better and expected better work from Spielberg. Munich offers several great performances, like those of Eric Bana and Geoffery Rush. However, while the story is influenced by the actual events that follow the Munich massacre, it offers very little to movie goers who are looking to be entertained. Munich drags along while making generic and exhausted points on Middle Eastern politics that anyone who is even remotely familiar with the Arab-Israeli conflict would already be tired of seeing. If you're looking for an engaging political thriller, go see Syriana. If you're interested in the Arab-Israeli conflict, I would recommend that you borrow a book from your local library, and not watch Munich. The only thing that saves this movie from a lower rating, in my opinion, is Eric Bana's performance, which is certainly Oscar worthy. The only good part of the movie was the 15 second conversation between the bomb maker and Avner in the airport, before Avner and the other men leave to find the Dutch assassin. Finally, the movie ends without resolution, much like the nature of the Arab-Israeli conflict. This story would make a good documentary, but not a good feature film. If you're annoyed by the ongoing Arab-Israeli conflict, you will be annoyed by this movie also.