A Haunting Steven Spielberg Masterpiece

Rating: 10/10 (16 February 2006)

I'm a very big Steven Spielberg fan and I love all his films. Since Schindler's List, this is Spielberg's best movie next to Saving Private Ryan. Munich is a film that is a thriller that deals with the aftermath of the tragic events at the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Germany when Black September took the Israeli team hostage. The movie does not get very political, but stays more with their characters. A group of assassins is hired to seek and kill the people who planned the attack. Eric Bana gives a superb performance, which is Oscar-Worthy, as a husband and father who leaves on this mission that nearly drives him mad and makes him question his motives of why he is doing what he is doing. The memorable aspect of this film is the tragic flashbacks of the events at Munich with the Israeli team being taken hostage to their haunting deaths at the end. Steven Spielberg, creates another memorable film that is a masterpiece and one of the best films of 2005.