Spielberg delivers again

Rating: 8/10 (11 January 2006)

Steven Spielberg delivers another fine movie to add to his impressive repertoire. He captures the 1970s feel with clever use of archive footage, and mixes this brilliantly with recreated footage. The film grabs its authenticity from the simple ordinariness of the assassination team. There is no 'day of the jackal'-type reporting, just a group of people gathered together to do a job. Admittedly Bana plays his role well but for me, Geoffrey Rush steals the show. Every scene that he's in, he dominates. A fine performance. This is without doubt a war film, and one that eloquently shows us both the futility of war and the shifting nature of it too. Perhaps it's an indictment to man's efforts in the region that we seem hardly to have moved on at all when it comes to peace and tolerance between these two nations. As usual, Spielberg gives me food for thought for many days.