Operation Finale
2018
**½
Director: Chris Weitz
Cast: Oscar Isaac, Ben Kingsley, Mélanie Laurent, Lior Raz, Nick Kroll, Haley Lu Richardson, Michael Aronov, Joe Alwyn
In 1960, Israeli authorities receive reliable intel that Adolf Eichmann is hiding in Argentina. A team of Mossad and Shin Bet agents devise a plan to find, capture, and fly the infamous Nazi war criminal to Israel to be tried for his role in the Holocaust. This dramatically embellished real-life story is like a cross between The Debt and Argo. The story is compelling, and Oscar Isaac and Ben Kingsley give interesting multi-layered performances. However, the film drags badly in the middle when the team are forced to lay low in Buenos Aires for 10 days until they can fly Eichmann out in a predictably over-dramatic finale.
