Munich

Rating: 10/10 (8 January 2006)

Munich is based on the book Vengeance by George Jonas. The film and book are inspired by the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Germany where a Palestinian group came and killed and held hostage some of the Israeli Olympic team. After this occurred a group of men including an intelligence officer are sent all over Europe to kill different men who were behind the killings that went down during the 1972 Olympics. After committing these murders the intelligence officer named Avner , has to battle some demons of his own. Munich has good direction, a good adapted screenplay, great performances by the entire cast, good original music, good cinematography and good film editing. When I first went into this film it took me a little while to get into it and understand what was going on, but from there I started to love the film more and more as it went along. It is very well made and has great acting and also is really an involving film. This film captured my interest and it would not let go. I was compelled through the whole movie seeing what these men did and I found the last bit of the movie where Avner has to deal with his own demons and thoughts of what he did to be very well acted and a good character study. The film also has some thought provoking moments and lets the viewers make up their own opinion of what happened after the Olympic tragedy. Munich is a powerful film that has quite a punch and it entertained me and kept my interest the entire time. The film is directed by Steven Spielberg and I would say that this ranks up there as one of his best films ever. This film deserves many Oscar nominations for the things I mentioned above and I hope that people see this movie and that it is awarded come awards time. This is one of the best films I have seen of 2005 and probably one of the best films I have seen it quite awhile. A truly powerful and moving experience and one of the best movie going experiences I have had in awhile. Munich is a true masterpiece.