The thorny heart of Steven Spielberg's sober, fact-based political thriller about Israeli retaliation for the murder of 11 Olympic athletes by Palestinian terrorists is the knowledge that vengeance is a self-perpetuating murder machine that drags successive generations into a mire of tit-for-tat bloodshed. It opens at the 1972 Munich Games, where the mere presence of Jewish competitors at the first German-hosted Olympics since 1936 is freighted with historical significance. But it unfolds in the aftermath of the events of Sept. 5, when eight terrorists took nine members of Israel's team hostage, killing two others in the process; 24 hours later, all the hostages were...
Released:
2005
Rated:
R
Length:
164 mins