Revenge is not so sweet
MUNICH Director: Steven Spielberg Cert. 15
The 1972 Olympics in Munich were marred by tragedy when 11 Israeli athletes were taken hostage and then killed by the Palestinian terrorist group Black September.
Steven Spielberg’s latest film deals with the response of Mossad, the Israeli secret service — the setting up of a group of assassins detailed to take revenge on 11 Palestinians believed to have helped organise the atrocities.
The film (unsurprisingly, given its subject matter) makes for an exceedingly grim two-and-a-half hours and, if you can watch it without being depressed by what you see, then you have either done a good job of controlling your emotions or you have largely ignored what has been going on. It should also be mentioned that the film is unnecessarily gory in parts and some may well argue that it pushes its ‘15’ certificate to the limit.
