Steven Spielberg still AWESOME, so shut up if you don't agree!

Rating: 10/10 (23 June 2013)

After the entry of the 21st century, Steven Spielberg began to be criticized by the new generation. A lot of them saying that he was losing his edge, that he longer make good movies like he used to, that he is getting lost on making entertaining movies such as "AI", "Catch me if you can", "The Terminal," "Minority Report" and "War of the Worlds "(which are nothing bad at all, all of them just great movies). But "Munich" served almost like a letter in response to those critics telling them to shut up forever.
"Munich" shows (almost perfect) the truthful events of the terrorist attack by the terrorist group called "Black September", which took place on September 5 in the Summer Olympic Games in 1972 in Munich (dah). In this attack, 11 Israeli athletes were taken hostage by the terrorist group, and were later brutally murdered when the terrorists were caught in a shootout with the German police. The story follows a group of agents of "Mossad" led by Avner (Eric Bana) who are ordered to hunt down and kill the leaders of the group "Black September" and the men who planned the attack. All of them fled and spread throughout Europe.
The film is able to demonstrate in a very realistic and at the same time loyal to the actual events of the fateful day. The partnership of Tony Kushner and Eric Roth on the screenplay works superbly giving a simple writing while packed with suspense leaving the man-hunt behind the responsible for the attack more tense leaving us more intrigued wondering how it will end, and together with the direction Spielberg all works fantastically.
But while the film works as a drama demonstrating the true story of the attack and also as a thriller full of suspense showing the hunt for those responsible, but at the same time functions as a symbolic and human exploration of religious conflicts involved in the film. The screenplay delivers several moments of dialog between the characters questioning the cause of these conflicts and the cause of them and the reason for so many deaths. And also dialogs about the relationship and family honor involved in the midst of those religious conflicts, most of them involved with the character of Avner that while is hunting the terrorist leaders, he has a pregnant wife at home to worry about and a father with a great military career. While giving a somber and also reflective tone throughout the film.
The cast was also highlighted in an excellent way, all superb in their characters since Daniel Craig as the angry and sarcastic agent Steve to Geoffrey Rush as Ephraim the head of the "Mossad", all great but who stands out and demonstrates a real talent is Eric Bana gives a astonishing performance (even the weird accent can give).
"Munich" only shows that Spielberg still manages to make films with a bleak vision and matures upon a true story. And along with Eric and Tony writing manages to bring to the public tense and reflective moments about the religious conflicts and the family values and religious influences involved, delivering a superbly well written screenplay and alongside with a fantastic direction and excellent performances, makes "Munich" one of the most ambitious and magnificent films that Spielberg brought to the world.