Excellent, but Craig a bit wooden.

Rating: 9/10 (30 January 2006)

Munich is a violent, gripping and provocative account of the aftermath of the 1972 Olympic Massacre. It is much less flag-wavingly patriotic than I expected and offers a well rounded view of the issues involved. I wouldn't have minded a little more insight into the civilian casualties of the vengeful attacks. The acting is quite superb for the most part, although the part of the bomb-maker is a touch stereotyped which makes him a little hard to believe. My only other moan is that one is left guessing a little at the end as to the outcomes of some of the characters involved. Craig will be great as James Bond! Overall I would thoroughly recommend this movie but would suggest that it is watched after 5 Days in September, the excellent documentary on the same topic.