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Released in 1986 at 172 minutes my only issue with the film was the opening scene at the Munich games.To me it was completely different in feel and tone.The film seems to be made by 3 different production companies and going from the games to the desert in the next scene had a very real difference in feel to me,production wise.A small issue indeed.
Acting in this movie is good if not as great as some other films we have reviewed by the story and subject matter is deadly and overcomes any tepid acting,rare as it may be.
The story centers on a young and up and coming newly married and father,Israeli army officer whose father is retired and a former Mossad operative.The slaughter in Munich during the Olympics of Israeli athletes causes the Israeli by way of Mossad to enact revenge of the planners no matter where in the world they are.In sort,assassinate them.Young Avner (Steven Bauer)in recruited by Golda Meir (Colleen Dewhurst) herself and handled by Mordechai Samuels (Rod Steiger)who assigns him 4 veteran agents for a newly formed hit team and a list of targets.Running jewish joke through out the movie is Mordechai telling Avner no matter what he spends from the bank account access they now have,"You MUST give me receipts !!!"Too little is seen of Avner's wife Shoshana (Leslie Hope) who seems to be all type of woman in the few scenes she steals.Wife,mother,friend,the madonna ,whore sexuality came though to me !!!
Avner is warned by his father played by John Hirsch,that Mossard will just use him till he no value left,sort of implied what they did to him as he never spoke of this before.Therefore he should always have "a card to play"up his sleeve.In this case a French man named Paps (Lino Ventura) who "owes me big time"As the movie continues and the targets are acquired,its obvious the hit team is itself a target.Are we that good or are we just lucky one team member quips,after a resteraunt is blown up minutes before they arrive to eat after being delayed in traffic killing almost all inside.
The movie looks at war through the eyes of this dirty game and as Golda had said much earlier she hated what this has made of our children.
I'll not say more other than Avner winds up back in the army commanding a tank division in the Yum Kippur war.Trailer link as usual below the pix.
http://www.artistdirect.com/video/sword-of-gideon/55782
Acting in this movie is good if not as great as some other films we have reviewed by the story and subject matter is deadly and overcomes any tepid acting,rare as it may be.
The story centers on a young and up and coming newly married and father,Israeli army officer whose father is retired and a former Mossad operative.The slaughter in Munich during the Olympics of Israeli athletes causes the Israeli by way of Mossad to enact revenge of the planners no matter where in the world they are.In sort,assassinate them.Young Avner (Steven Bauer)in recruited by Golda Meir (Colleen Dewhurst) herself and handled by Mordechai Samuels (Rod Steiger)who assigns him 4 veteran agents for a newly formed hit team and a list of targets.Running jewish joke through out the movie is Mordechai telling Avner no matter what he spends from the bank account access they now have,"You MUST give me receipts !!!"Too little is seen of Avner's wife Shoshana (Leslie Hope) who seems to be all type of woman in the few scenes she steals.Wife,mother,friend,the madonna ,whore sexuality came though to me !!!
Avner is warned by his father played by John Hirsch,that Mossard will just use him till he no value left,sort of implied what they did to him as he never spoke of this before.Therefore he should always have "a card to play"up his sleeve.In this case a French man named Paps (Lino Ventura) who "owes me big time"As the movie continues and the targets are acquired,its obvious the hit team is itself a target.Are we that good or are we just lucky one team member quips,after a resteraunt is blown up minutes before they arrive to eat after being delayed in traffic killing almost all inside.
The movie looks at war through the eyes of this dirty game and as Golda had said much earlier she hated what this has made of our children.
I'll not say more other than Avner winds up back in the army commanding a tank division in the Yum Kippur war.Trailer link as usual below the pix.
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