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Steven Spielberg's new film could easily bait in the award for Best Director, and it has every right to brag. Munich is a hard-headed thriller that is both dark and colorful in many ways, including the outstanding acting and writing. Munich carries many familiar faces including Eric Bana and Daniel Craig, who are both talented and likeable. Spielberg at fifty-nine years old can still direct a heck of a picture. The place is Munich Germany; the time is September 5th, 1972, during the Olympics, the victims, eleven Israeli athletes who were competing for their country. The infamous terrorists known as "Black September" have kidnapped the athletes and brutally murdered them, believed to have planned the massacre was Hassan Salameh (Mehdi Nebbou). They demanded the release of over 200 Palestinians serving time in Israeli jails, along with two renowned German terrorists. Shortly after the attacks, the Israeli government's secret service agency, known as the Mossad, recruits a squad to target these Palestinian terrorists and destroy them. Avner (Eric Bana) is among them, the son of an Israeli hero, his wife (Marie-Josée Croze) is pregnant with their first child. There are many others on this team with Avner, including Steve (Daniel Craig), Robert (French actor Matthieu Kassovitz), Carl (Ciaran Hinds), and Hans (Hanns Zischler). Knowing how serious their task is, Avner encourages his wife to move to Brooklyn, New York. The squad meets many types of people who encourage or discourage their duty, though they continue their tasks all over Europe. The film is inspired by true events and is also adapted from George Jonas' novel, "Vengeance: The True Story of the Israeli Counter Terrorist Team." I believe that many films out there are important, but many of which include "true, inspired by," or "based on" stories. When I state this, I don't believe that sports films about teams persevering and going from zeros to heroes really are all that important. Films like Spielberg's Munich and Schindler's List are, they represent true beauty of true stories, they are about standing up for what you believe in and doing what you think is right, whether you want to do it or not or what the pressure is like. Spielberg has taken the time to really appreciate true heroes and help to make others appreciate them, in a way, Spielberg is a hero himself. Munich is a heroic film in many ways. Eric Bana's performance is incredibly powerful and full of true emotion. Daniel Craig, who will be playing the new James Bond character, is also very credible as another member of their task force. Steven Spielberg has taken another big step in making a serious historical film; he has regenerated the true horrors of these events that the world had to face back in 1972. He has used a lot of blood and graphic death scenes in this film, though with many carefully used camera shots, Spielberg helps the audience experience these terrifying events. I will admit that he has that habit of putting in humor even into his serious films which ruins the film, in Munich it can take quite a while to rebuild the mood he has originally set up. I know we can still expect many great films from Steven Spielberg, hopefully his future project, Lincoln, a take on our sixteenth president. There are only so many important films that help to improve our lives that come around every once in a while, and Munich is one of those for this year. Rated R for strong graphic violence, some sexual content, nudity and language. Running time 166 minutes. email this review to a friend
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