A great movie which was missing a lot of scaffolding....

Rating: 7/10 (9 January 2006)

*Spoilers* Munich, the Olympics 1972. An event that I was somewhat familiar with. Nevertheless, SS takes for granted that we know everything about it. This movie could have used an introduction a 'la Fellowship of the Ring to bring us up to snuff. While the overall plot is an excellent story that needs to be told and the acting is good, sometimes the movie slips. For instance, Eric Bana's character suddenly gets a massive dose of paranoia rather than it building up through the movies 160 minute runtime. Much of the "suspense" in the movie seems manufactured. For instance the child coming home when her daddy's about to be killed. And who didn't know that that woman was an agent the instant you saw her? Anyway, with a little work this could have been an outstanding movie.