Rating:
This is a serious movie. It’s spun as a “thriller,” but don’t go expecting James Bond or anything like that. If you get the DVD, watch Spielberg’s introductory. It does set the stage well so you know what he’s trying to do here. And that is to more or less go back to the first terrorist incident to capture American attention (or at least hold its interest for a few days) and follow how it played out. Pretty heady subject matter given the “Post 9/11 World” we live in.

The story is “based on actual events” but is still somewhat fiction. Partly because the actual records are classified. The film traces what happened following the killing of the Israeli Olypmpic team by Palestinian terrorists at the Munich games in 1972. And that was to clandestinely hunt down those responsible and kill them.