Munich

The movie is supposedly based on George Jonas' book Vengeance and claims to have been "inspired" by true events. Probably all the main events occurred, but all of the character interaction is made up. Despite the historical nature of the story, the parallel with today's events is impossible to miss: i feel that all the context of terrorism is as relevant today as it was in the 1970's.

The ‘mission” in the movie begins as an act of patriotism, but soon the main character becomes lost on his way: he doesn’t know what to believe any more, and he has lost the capacity to differentiate right from wrong. What is death and what is their mission? Do we create our own missions? The deeper he gets into the espionage, the more difficult it becomes to differentiate reality from the deceit by enemies.

For Prime Minister of Israel, the doctrine is compelling: "Every civilization finds it necessary to negotiate compromises with its own values" One should forget peace during these moments and show our enemy that we are strong! But from an individual point of view one gets really confused: the appointed group uses the methods of terrorists. So in the case of terrorist war we should ask who exactly are the terrorists?

Probably Spielberg notes that from a broader perspective the war on terrorism is not winnable. As Munich points out a sobering truth: for every terrorist killed, there is another. And maybe the whole cause of war is useless: the scene were the main character talks to a terrorist and argues his way about Israel and Islamic world show's how we should really approach these problems. The solution of killing the guy two hours later isn't really the solution to the problem.

So an overall conclusion one can say that Munich is a film with quite uncommon depth and intelligence compared to usual Hollywood set pieces.