In "Munich," Steven Spielberg has made his most grown-up film so far. The director best known for his wide-eyed adventure
movies has dealt with mature themes before, as in "Schindler's List" and "Saving Private Ryan," but never has the web of values been as tangled as it is here. The rights and wrongs are not clearly delineated, nor are we sure that the "heroes" are doing good. But straying from his usual paradigm hasn't hurt Spielberg: "Munich" is still one of his best films, a riveting political thriller that's as thought-provoking as it is exciting. It's different from nearly everything he's ever done, but it still bears the mark of a master storyteller. In the first 10 minutes, we see, through actual footage and re-creations, what happened at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, when a group of Palestinian terrorists took hostage -- and eventually killed -- 11 Israeli athletes. Most of the terrorists died, too, though three survived and were taken into custody. As the world watched, the Olympics turned horrific and deadly. (For an above-average documentary on the subject, see "One Day in September." )
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