I expected the worst, and got it.

Rating: 2/10 (2 February 2006)

Spielberg's latest film tries to demonstrate the futility of an endless cycle of death between Israelis and Palestinians. He belabors the point (literally) to death. While some would see this film as putting Palestinian terrorists and Israeli mossad agents on par, both equal messengers of violent death, I see it in a different light.
In the film, Israeli agents are wracked with guilt, afraid of, and eventually, losing their soul. Palestinian terrorists, on the other hand, don't seem to have any moral dilemma; They want to kill Jews, and have no compunctions at all about doing it.
For some reason, perhaps his Jewish roots, Spielberg tries to present both sides of the issue, failing miserably. He is completely confused between legitimate Palestinian claims for a state of their own, and the methods they use. There is no excuse for terror, ever. Whats next, a sensitive expose of the tortured soul of Osama Bin Laden? A musical about the Bader-Meinhof gang? As an Israeli, I have come face to face with terrorism, and it's not a pretty sight. Your average Palestinian terrorist is not a sophisticated man of the world; He is a fanatic who wants to kill you. And as the bible says: "He who comes to kill you, kill him first".
Thats the message I wanted to see.