Brilliant, brave and considerate film

Rating: 9/10 (13 August 2009)

"Munich" is a brilliant piece of film-making. It takes the story of the 1972 Munich massacre (where Palestinian nationalists murdered 11 Israeli Olympic athletes) and uses to ask questions about terrorism and the use of violence as a legitimate response.
Eric Bana plays Avner, who heads up a group of agents assembled by the Israeli government to track down and kill the terrorists responsible for the massacre. Avner, who has a wife and child, initially accomplishes his mission dispassionately. But his involvement with a pair of duplicitious information brokers (Matthieu Almaric and Michael Lonsdale), makes him question not only himself but the government he serves...
Some brilliant acting by Bana and fellow Australian Geoffrey Rush, who plays his handler, highlights the humane issues raised in the script and their final confrontation, closed by a shot of the World Trade Centre towers, underlines this.
Some fine ensemble work with the rest of the other actors, a strong screenplay and Spielberg's typically assured direction ensure this complex and intriguing tale is told without becoming completely incomprehensible.
Still relevant today, especially after the Gaza bombings, "Munich" is well worth viewing.