Friday, December 05, 2008

Munich

A Steven Spielberg directed 2005 thriller travelouge, beginning with the 1972 invasion of Pallestinian terrorists at the Munich Olympic village that resulted in the death of 11 members of the Israeli team, is a moving narration of the events that follows the massacre. This triggered the Mossad (Israeli foreign intel) to counter the threat by a series of assassinations by an undercover team of five led by agent Avner. This top secret mission is carried out initially quite ruthlessly though the team was more than once faced with a dilemma natural to a hurriedly assembled team. But as the assasinations pile up their soul begin to sicken and also they find themselves to be on the hunted list of their enemies. The various emotions and the mental trauma that they are subjected to and also the ruthlessness of the intel heads have been brilliantly depicted by Spielberg and also it has been portrayed accurately by the cast consisting of Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Geoffrey Rush and the rest. This movie is made more appealing by the touch of human emotions that is so characteristic of Spielberg.

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