2005 · drama · thriller · history
Munich
Directed by Steven Spielberg2h 44m2005
During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September. In retaliation, the Israeli government recruits a group of Mossad agents to track down and execute those responsible for the attack.
Our read: Munich (2005) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · thriller · history entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / thriller, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- intense
- twisty
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