Story fabricated on an actual act of terrorism This movie is inspired by real events, but is a work of fiction. From the book Vengeance and history we only know that terrorists killed the Israel Olympians in Munich and the people who were claimed to be associated with Black September were later killed. In this movie Spielberg weaves a story around those two basic facts that give us an intense story line of the secret Israeli squad assigned to track down and assassinate all eleven Palestinians to have planned the 1972 Munich massacre of eleven... more info
Spielberg's revenge Movie... This is set in the aftermath of the massacre of Israeli Olympic team at the 1972 Munich games, is based in fact and is told with a great deal of skill by Steven Spielberg. Eric Bana (Troy) stars as the leader of a group of assassins assembled to exact the "eye for eye" policy of his government as the acts of revenge are carried out on the Palestinian "Black September" group, the wanton deaths spiral out of control in what turns out to be futile acts of vengeance. As time goes on Eric Bana's... more info