Product Description: Inspired by real events Munich reveals the intense story of the secret Israeli squad assigned to track down and assassinate the 11 Palestinians believed to have planned the 1972 Munich massacre of 11 Israeli athletes and the personal toll this mission of revenge takes on the team and the man who led it. Hailed as "tremendously exciting" (Peter Travers Rolling Stone) Steven Spielberg s explosive suspense thriller garnered five Academy Award nominations including Best Picture and Best Director.System Requirements:Running Time: 164 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: R UPC: 025192182327 Manufacturer No: 21823
Amazon.com: At its core, Munich is a straightforward thriller. Based on the book Vengeance: The True Story of an Israeli Counter-Terrorist Team by George Jonas, it’s built on a relatively stock movie premise, the revenge plot: innocent people are killed, the bad guys got away with it, and someone has to make them pay. But director Steven Spielberg uses that as a starting point to delve into complex ethical questions about the cyclic nature of revenge and the moral price of violence. The movie starts with a rush. The opening portrays the kidnapping and murder of Israeli athletes by PLO terrorists at the 1972 Olympics with scenes as heart-stopping and terrifying as the best of any horror movie. After the tragic incident is over and several of the terrorists have gone free, the Israeli government of Golda Meir recruits Avner (Eric Bana) to lead a team of paid-off-the-book agents to hunt down those responsible throughout Europe, and eliminate them one-by-one (in reality, there were several teams). It’s physically and emotionally messy work, and conflicts between Avner and his team’s handler, Ephraim (Geoffrey Rush), over information Avner doesn’t want to provide only make things harder. Soon the work starts to take its toll on Avner, and the deeper moral questions of right and wrong come into play, especially as it becomes clear that Avner is being hunted in return, and that his family’s safety may be in jeopardy.
By all rights, Munich should be an unqualified success--it has gripping subject matter relevant to current events; it was co-written by one of America’s greatest living playwrights (Tony Kushner, Angels in America) and an accomplished screenwriter (Eric Roth); it stars an appealing and likeable actor in Eric Bana; and it was helmed by Steven Spielberg, of all people. While it certainly is a great movie, it falls just short of the immense heights such talent should propel it to. This is due more to some questionable plot devices than anything else (such as the contrived use of a family of French informants to locate the terrorists). But while certain aspects ring hollow, the movie as a whole is a profound accomplishment, despite being only "inspired by true events," and not factually based on them. From the ferocious beginning to the unforgettable closing shot, Munich works on a visceral level while making a poignant plea for peace, and issuing an unmistakable warning about the destructive cycle of terror and revenge. As one of the characters intones, "There is no peace at the end of this." --Daniel Vancini
not good not interisting for me it give you view one side to bleam the other side
Important issues raised People have done a good job of explaining plot points. I will just say that this is a thoughtful movie that doesn't give any easy answers. Can we really divide the world between good and evil? And if there is a good side, do acts of revenge keep the 'good' from going evil? Slight criticisms. The movie is long and many scenes seem drawn out. The dialog is not outstanding and the plot and acting drive the movie along. The end scene which is controversial, no spoilers, was not to my liking. It was too heavy handed. Munich was a tragedy and the act of killing atheletes was an evil act. However did Israel strike back with too much force? What led up to the act. How many Palestines believed the killings would help their cause. Many more questions to ponder in a time when we are looking for quick 30 second answers.
A bit of a plodder The subject is so heavy and Speilberg does nothing to make it lighter. Did this really happen this way? Evidently, reality was pretty close, though we don't know for sure because the Israeli hit squad has never been acknowledged, has it? A docudrama about an episode that's still hard to believe happened so many years ago.
Gritty, Violent, and True. I love Spielbergs film style in this, it reminds me of Schindler's List. Very well done and acted out.
Few movies are this good. I work at one of the largests theater chains in the US, and this is one of the best movies I've ever seen. The history, acting and story keep the viewer so interested in the movie that you won't want to miss a second of it. If only most movies were this good.
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