A story of vengeance.

Rating: 7/10 (30 June 2015)

Based on the true events that followed the 1972 Munich massacre of Israeli athletes by Black September terrorists, "Munich" covers the Israeli government's secret mission to exact justice and kill the terrorists responsible who escaped. Steven Spielberg once again tackles a controversial subject without making judgment on the protagonists himself. We follow the leader (Eric Bana) of the group sent on the mission of vengeance. His group is funded secretly by the government of Israel, but has no contact with them. They must find their victims through leads or info they get on their own, mostly through nebulous sources, who might be playing both sides against the middle. Noticeable is a pre-James Bond Daniel Craig who shines as one of the group members. Bana's character leaves his life behind for the mission, missing the birth of his child after his wife moves to Brooklyn in the USA. He struggles with the separation, as well as struggling over dealing justice in this manner, and possibly endangering his family. The film itself stirs up tension, but might have been edited a little tighter and less lengthy. Also, there is slight difficulty in some scenes in identifying who exactly is who when differentiating between the good guys and bad.