Charged with emotion and politics, Steven Spielberg’s Munich theatrically depicts the Mossad’s counterterrorism effort immediately following the 1972 Munich Massacre, during which the Black September Organization captured and killed eleven Israelis participating in the Munich Olympics. Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir ordered five Mossad

Munich, 2005
members to assassinate eleven Black September operatives, in direct retaliation for the eleven Israelis killed (www.fas.org). Munich tells the story of Avner, the appointed leader of this Mossad team. Avner was in the fight of his life against terrorism, but counterterrorism is humanized in this film, with a down-to-earth character that most viewers could relate to in at least a few ways. This helps provide an answer to the question of whether or not this film is fair, with Bloody Sunday as a comparison. Both films clearly express the sentiments of primarily one side of a conflict. Production techniques of Munich and Bloody Sunday vary greatly, but both convey the overwhelming, relentless fear that results from terrorism, though perhaps without actually educating the audience. Read more