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Munich [DVD] [2005]
enlarge	Director: Steven Spielberg Actors: Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Ciarán Hinds, Mathieu Kassovitz, Hanns Zischler Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment Category: DVD List Price: ~~£19.99~~ Buy Used: £0.65 as of 21/11/2009 05:02 GMT details You Save: £19.34 (97%) New (24) Used (71) Collectible (1) from £0.65 Seller: acousticarcade Rating: 10 reviews Sales Rank: 5386 Format: PAL Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over Region: 2 Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 157 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 EAN: 5051188152635 ASIN: B000R2940S Theatrical Release Date: 2005 Release Date: January 1, 2008 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 10 1 2 Next » The tragedy of violence April 10, 2009 Roman Clodia (London) 2 out of 2 found this review helpful As other reviewers have said, this is a profound and engaging film that appeals to both your head and heart. I won't repeat the plot, but it does a fine job of making both the Israelis and their targets human, fallible and empathetic. And in this lies the true tragedy of the middle east: that a man who can spent his time translating the Arabian Nights into Italian can also be a 'terrorist'. br / br /In lots of ways I found this a difficult film to watch and that's as it should be. The violence, when it comes, is always profoundly shocking, as is the human cost. The deterioration of the moral sense is captured perfectly. But beyond all, the final question that the film poses is what should we do? Does condoning violence only serve to exacerbate it? If retribution only does the same then where are we to turn? br / br /It reminded me in some ways of Sophocles' dramas, particularly Antigone where there is no right or wrong solution, only people caught up in impossible situations where the end-point is always death. And yet the very humanity in the struggle to negotiate the moral maze is itself hopeful and I think that's where Spielberg succeeds in leaving this film. So overall a very intense experience but one very worthwhile. The Pointlessness and Price of Revenge September 2, 2008 The Kinniburgh Kid (UK) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful Be it Israeli secret service agents hunting down Arab terrorists - the story of the movie - or one country invading another country to dispose a dictator or hunt a terrorist, the morale of the story is the same: revenge eats you up until you are indistinguishable from the thing you are fighting. br / br /And to add irony to injury it does nothing but breed more revenge in return. br / br /This is a very good movie about an important historic event and a good lesson we need to learn again and again. It is not a comfortable thing to watch. br / br / Unpleasantly good, and very thought-provoking. September 18, 2008 Mr. Chris Newman 1 out of 1 found this review helpful The killings in Munich are spread out through this film, bringing grim inevitability and helpless, sick fascination together as a sort of background. The main story is of the response to those, with increasing complexity as the straight line between "black and white", "good and evil", "us and them" and so on becomes more and more tangled and blurred. By following one character most of the time, it manages to be absorbingly personal. The contrast between the killers' world and the civilian world through which they move is heightened by the places they overlap. Parts of this sat in my mind and came back up with a new significance later, like Holland and what was said about it near the end. All the performances are great, but that of "Papa" particularly so. Justice for all November 18, 2008 Brendan O. Clarke (Edinburgh) 1 out of 5 found this review helpful In this film, Steven Spielberg (a Jew) takes us many steps closer to a world where "justice" is non-existent and "revenge" is the replacement term. We are all the worse for it. br / br /It is clear from the contradictory and unbelievable opening comments from the "Golda Meir" character that we are going to be watching a "fantasy" of what Hollywood would like us to believe could have possibly taken place in the aftermath of these terrorist attacks. br / br /Israelis and particularly Israeli war veterans, intelligence officers, politicians and military are not often the sort of impotent, confused, unprofessional characters portrayed in this film. Are they human? Do they question what they're doing and why? Surely. But not in the fanciful, public, and almost ludicrous manner showcased here. In addition to this, the idea that Mossad agents would forget all their training and run around Europe practically looking to get killed is idealistic stupidity and a totally deceitful presentation of the facts. The whole film sadly attempts to make a point about revenge and peace while sacrificing truth and sanity in the process. br / br /From the Arabs, to the Israelis, to the Europeans, everyone seems unsure and confused about who they are and what they're doing. But the reality is something much different. br / br /How could Spielberg have saved this film? Simply put, he needed to be rational and honest about the individuals involved, their motivations, principals and ideology. The revised "ideology" that is injected into these characters has them instead reciting quotes from both the Bush's administration post 9-11 party line as well as the media's talking-points as regards peace, morality, law, etc. br / br /This breaks the audience's sense of what Hitchcock called the "suspension of disbelief" and reminds us that this is just more Hollywood fluff, albeit with a serious, somewhat artsy tone. br / br /What is relevant here is that a number of terrorists carried out a horrifically unjust act of murder at the Munich Olympics, and that they needed to be punished for what they did as well as prevented from doing it again - upholding the virtues of justice, freedom and rationality. The idea that this is somehow an unjust response because it may lead to more violence is not just irrational, but monstrous. Whether or not 10,000 more people would need to die, we must never relinquish our right as individuals to defend the principals of justice and more importantly - our lives. br / br /Novelist Ayn Rand said of justice: br / br /"It is not justice or equal treatment that you grant to men when you abstain equally from praising men's virtues and from condemning men's vices. When your impartial attitude declares, in effect, that neither the good nor the evil may expect anything from you--whom do you betray and whom do you encourage?" good December 22, 2008 Rajneesh Thapa (UK) 0 out of 2 found this review helpful Very nice classy action, keeps you on the edge of your seat, a must see Showing reviews 1-5 of 10 1 2 Next »

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