September 5
2024
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Director: Tim Fehlbaum
Cast: Peter Sarsgaard, John Magaro, Ben Chaplin, Leonie Benesch, Zinedine Soualem, Georgina Rich, Corey Johnson, Marcus Rutherford, Daniel Adeosun, Benjamin Walker, Ferdinand Dörfler
As Palestinian terrorists take members of the Israeli Olympic team hostage during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, the ABC Sports crew must rapidly transform its sports coverage into live news reporting. Steven Spielberg's uneven Munich chronicled the aftermath of these tragic events, while Tim Fehlbaum's drama focuses on the hostage situation and examines the media's responsibility during a crisis. In the most poignant scene, the news crew realises that the terrorists may be receiving valuable information from their live footage. The film is well constructed and well acted, though its focus on Palestinian violence against Israelis feels uncomfortably loaded in the current climate.
