38/12

During the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, an American sports broadcast team must adapt to live coverage of Israeli athletes being held hostage by a terrorist group. Juliette Ménager worked in the casting department on both this film and Munich (2005). I love authentic historical dramas. Especially, from the eras I lived in. This one feels authentic. It’s a story I know and have seen told in various film formats over the years. As the title above states, I found this tale to be the most interesting of all. I saw Spielberg’s Munich in theaters years ago and I still remember thinking it was a bit too long and bloated. Boring, I hate to say it. And metaphorical to a fault. This version of events is more tense, the running time of this film is shorter and the time is ticking in the film, and lives are at stake. Also, airtime. You are in the control room of ABC’s Wide World of Sports when the tragic terrorist events at the 1972 Olympics in Germany occur. Cigarettes are being smoked. Rotary phones are being used to communicate. And there is a serious crisis going on in the Olympic village. It’s a good history lesson for Gen Z. Also appropriate for grade-level history in the classroom, I would say, but it’s R-rated, so no. But history is never pretty. John Magaro and Ben Chaplin shine the brightest with their stellar performances. It’s worth going to the movies. It wouldn’t be a bad idea to take your high school kid to the theater for this one. They might learn a little history. Afterward they’ll come out to you and say, Did this really happen?

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