Munich- no point.

Rating: 6/10 (16 January 2006)

This is probably Spielberg's average film. It is not a classic, it is not great, it is not terrible. It certainly is a good thriller, like a deadly chess game. Many have said that it is a great film, a classic- bullshit! It is a well shot film but it does not have a great story. Who the hell wants to watch a film about vengeance that does nothing in the end. Peace is the moral- something that cannot be stressed amongst the Israeli's and the Palestinians. It has some surprising scenes of frontal nudity and brutal violence that are always stressed by Spielberg for whatever reason. In the end, the vengeance the hit man leads turns into a whole bunch of nothing that the hit-man recognizes himself as he is slowly losing his team. Spielberg surprisingly then shows us a sex scene between the hit man (Eric Bana) and his wife in conjunction with the murders of the Israeli athletes and John William's score which is emotional. Again, Spielberg shows us more violence and tries to pull off a classic scene- you're not going to do that during a sex scene- the scene of the murders is already not classic. Spielberg was trying to pull off a Godfather sequence- ain't gonna work. The only thing I admired about the movie was the message- vengeance will not solve the problem, only peace will. 6/10.