Coming from the perspective of college student who, thanks to an amazing high school education, didn't know much about the Munich crisis, I thought this movie was amazing. It's for a mature audience, and it's artsy style won't work for all viewers. If you're a history buff, or if you'd like to know more about what happened after Munich, get a babysitter and check out this film.

"Munich" is a cold, cold, cold film. It describes the infamous 1972 Munich Olympic killings in very little detail, opting more to unwrap the events that followed. Those included men on assignment to kill the terrorists who planned Munich. It also poses a moral agenda: revenge doesn't solve anything. Moreover, it leaves all those involved bruised and battered and hollow for their life. "Munich" is a stylistic film, as Steven Spielberg is a visual artist. There are many shots less about the scene than the camerawork itself, which is dazzlingly done, and it adds a lot of tension. The film is a dark, bleak, and shattering piece, much more so than the epic that earned him a name as a legend: "Schindler's List." The 1993 film is better in ways, but this one packs a harder punch in many ways, and still holds it own, deserving the Best Picture nod it got. Eric Bana turns in a brooding, saddening, and amazing performance as Avner, the leader of the group sent out to kill the men behind the killings of Munich. These men are "employed" by Ephraim (Geoffrey Rush), but are really sent out by the Israeli government, including Prime Minister Golda Meir (Lynn Cohen). The other notable stars in the film are Daniel Craig as Steve, another member in the unit, and Mathieu Almaric as Louis, the group's unreliable source. Anyways, the group starts out killing by gun and escalates into bombs and other explosives (the most heart-pounding moment involves a telephone explosive rig). But the bigger the artillery and the more fatalities, the more goes wrong. Spielberg's film illustrates an illogical battle, one awfully played out, one in which the hearts of men are torn apart on the scene. It is a disturbing character study, mostly of Avner's caving in on the job, and a film of historical significance. "Munich" is unflinching, murky, and saturated, well-made, acted, and crafted, Spielberg's best film since "List," a piece of cinema that is not easy to forget. A (15+)

This was a pretty bad movie. Very Violent!

The sexual content is in two sex scenes, and is not an issue here. The language is not an issue either. What really disturbed me was the realism of the violence in this movie. In others like Kill Bill, there is way too much blood and unrealistic dismemberment. Some, like the Bourne series shows minimal blood. In this movie, many people die by gunshot. Someone is hit in the head with a rifle shot, and it is very realistically done. Consider the realism of the violence in Saving Private Ryan before seeing this movie. It also attaches backstories and faces to the enemies that they kill, and you feel sympathetic toward them. Overall, it is a very great film about revenge, and i'd recommend this film to anybody who can stomach the violence. I think that 15 and above is a good age group to consider taking to this movie, as they will understand what is going on, whereas younger audiences couldn't follow along...5/5