Reviews

Munich is a violent, gripping and provocative account of the aftermath of the 1972 Olympic Massacre. It is much less flag-wavingly patriotic than I expected and offers a well rounded view of the issues involved. I wouldn't have minded a little more insight into the civilian casualties of the vengeful attacks. The acting is quite superb for the most part, although the part of the bomb-maker is a touch stereotyped which makes him a little hard to believe. My only other moan is that one is left guessing a little at the end as to the outcomes of some of the characters involved. Craig will be great as James Bond! Overall I would thoroughly recommend this movie but would suggest that it is watched after 5 Days in September, the excellent documentary on the same topic.

A fantastically dramatic directorial debut by Rahul Bose.What can I say? I loved the movie an its characters! quite extreme? of course, and quite rightly so .Bose's depiction of the wonderfully complicated lives of today's Mumbaiites who are brought together in the central theme of the movie.With a touch of Marquez's magical realism, the movie revolves around the need for self preservation through a pretence of normality.The characters want their chaotic lives buried away from the public eye as they continue to pretend that everything IS fine. Perversely enough, curiosity always gets the better of the public eye as they poke and prod and dig beneath the ground for treasures of guarded secrets. But do we really want to know the truth? For this flick the Indian audience need to fasten their seat-belts, for truth is bizarre, complex and utterly saddening. All in all a brave attempt and thoroughly enjoyable! An appeal to the Indian audience: