Fantastic Film

Rating: 8/10 (5 January 2006)

Munich is a carefully crafted film about a man given the job of assassinating the eleven people responsible for the hostage situation at the Olympic games in Munich. Eric Bana gives a great performance, not Oscar worthy but definitely worth a nomination. As the story begins you get a first hand look at how the Arab terrorist entered the hotel and took the hostages, the entire hostage situation, the whole story of what happened with the hostages is gone back to periodically at key points in the film. However the most enjoyable part of the film is how it draws you into the world of this man and his team assigned to kill these eleven men. When he starts off the story seems very straightforward however as the story progresses the situations become more and more tense. Eventually things get out of control for the the group as what they do garners attention and at the same time they become more and more famous in the secret agency world for the killings. If you want to see a film that pulls at your emotions, does a wonder job of taking you back to the mid seventies and at the same time draws you in with a compelling story watch Munich. Furthermore, the social commentary of the film rings true today, the idea that no matter what you do you are never going to fix the situation in the mid east leaves you with food for thought something I always prefer when walking away from a movie like this.