A look at the aftermath of the tragedy of Munich '76, as objective as humanly possible

Rating: 9/10 (10 July 2006)

This movie isn't about who is right or who is wrong. It doesn't condemn any side, it doesn't offer any particular solutions, it forces you to think about the horrible conflict between Palestinians and Israelis from both their points of views.
In fact, the dilemma's as shown in Munich, can also be translated to other tragic situations in the world, such as Azaad-Kashmir and Jammu and Kashmir for example.
There are no real good guys and bad guys. You try to understand why these people do the horrible things they do. What motivation(s)do they have? I was interested in watching this movie from the moment I heard it was being made and Spielberg said in interviews he wouldn't be taking any sides, but try to show the human side, the tragedy of the killings on boths sides. He did an excellent job there.
The actors were also well chosen, they all played their parts very well and the dialogues were perfect. After the ending, you do wonder what further happened to Avner and his family, did they live on in the US, did they return to Isreal, did Avner still get killed? But then again, the movie isn't to tell us about their live, it's about hte aftermath of Munich '76 and the hearts of all the people involved.
I was very disturbed though by a scene near the ending. I thought the sex scene mixed with the tragic massacre in Munich '76 was inappropriate. I don't understand why ti was necesary to mix those two scenes! Tasteless.
Other than from that, a great movie and definitely worth watching.