A great film. Spielberg and Bana at their best.

Rating: 8/10 (31 January 2006)

While being one the most eagerly awaited movies in recent times, there was also a real threat that "Munich" would become lost in the controversy which would surely surround it. The story deals with the Isreali response to the murder of it's Olympic athletes in Munich 1972 (i.e. to order the assassination of those considered by the Israelis to be responsible).
Spielberg deals with the story in a surprisingly unemotional manner, choosing to allow Bana to sculpt the tension in front of the camera rather than forcing it from behind. While it would have been easy to allow the story to descend into an emotional mess or an action flick, Spielberg walks the tightrope masterfully and delivers a fine movie which shall draw criticism from both sides of the conflict around which it revolves (and this in itself is perhaps it's finest commendation).
Other actors to impress are Ciarán Hinds, Geoffrey Rush and Michael Lonsdale who glide effortlessly under Spielbergs direction. The only chink in the movie comes in the form of Daniel Craig who wrestles with a South African accent throughout the movie (and ultimately looses!). Fortunately his lines are limited.
In short, a very good film.