Great film

Rating: 9/10 (11 February 2006)

This is a very significant film. It hammered me hard, both with its action and with its powerful message. This is a dead serious movie. It is a mistake to think of it as a documentary or history. Fiction is better suited to portray the moral morass of terrorism better than any history. The protagonist's final resolution exposes the heart of terrorist darkness: whether carried out by Palestinian fanatics or the state of Israel,the entire cycle of terrorism is dehumanizing, savage and--in the end--futile.
My only criticism is that the plot lagged occasionally, but this is a minor flaw. The biggest problems I have seen are the many reviewers who believe they have identified a pro-Israeli or a pro-Palestinian bias. These kind of reviewers need to get a life: Munich is a balanced pro-humanity work of art. Forget Arabs and Israelis: this movie could just as readily be portrayed through Croats and Serbs, Serbs and Kosovars, Turks and Armenians, Hutus and Tutsis--anywhere the cycle of terrorism, ethnic rage and revenge has shredded the bonds of humanity.