Eye for an eye

Rating: 9/10 (27 June 2011)

In 1972 11 Israeli athletes were murdered at the Munich Olympics.Five men are chosen to eliminate those responsible of the deed.Avner Kaufman gets to lead the mission, a job given to him by Prime Minister Golda Meir.He does what he is told to do, but he is facing sleepless nights in the future.Jewish director Steven Spielberg is the director of Munich (2005).It's based on the book by George Jonas, whose story is based on the story of Yuval Aviv, who claims to have been a Mossad agent.John Williams is behind the music.The actors do great job in this film.Eric Bana plays Avner.Israeli actress Ayelet Zurer plays his wife Daphna.Another Israeli actress Gila Almagor plays his mother Daniel Craig plays Steve.Ciarán Hinds is Carl.Mathieu Kassovitz is Robert.Geoffrey Rush portrays Ephraim.Marie-Joseé Croze plays the part of the Dutch assassin Jeanette.Lynn Cohen plays Golda Meir.This movie asks the question is revenge justified.Do these people deserve their fates? I'm not to answer that question, but revenge doesn't look pretty, I can tell you that.But these people that do their mission , they are not animals.In one scene a man's telephone is concealed with a bomb.But his young daughter goes back to the house when he is answering the phone.They safe her life.Munich tells the story of what happened in the 70's quite brilliantly.The moral issues, the Jewish guilt...It can all be found there.Munich is not a movie made for entertaining purposes only.There is something more profound.