MUNICH

This is a very good film directed by Steven Spielberg, at least it is much better than Brokeback Mountain, which is the movie I watch a few days earlier. This movie is actually based on a actual event that happened during the 1972 Olympics. During that event, 7 Israeli athletes are killed mercilessly by 11 Palestinians terrorists. It undermine the deep hatred between Israel and its surrounding Arab countries. These hatred still exists today, as seen by the frequent news reports about suicide bombers blowing themselves off on Israel targets. The Israel will retaliate by sending Apache helicopters to nuke some of the Palestinians "terrorist" structures. This vicious cycle will continue on until god knows when... Back to the movie, it is about what goes on after the 1972 accident. A group of Mossad agents resign their commissions and go deep underground to kill the 11 Palestinians believed to be responsible for the attack on the Israeli athletes. As the targets are removed one by one, these agents actually found out that someone more vicious will replaced the person killed and the subsequent revenge on Israel will be even more disastrous. No matter how many terrorists they killed, someone will replace them. Now, they are the one being targeted to be killed by the terrorists. The hunter has now become the hunted. It dawn on them that what they are doing was for the loyalty to their country or just pure revenge? If it was the latter, it makes them no difference from the terrorists. Fear, hopelessness, despair, lost.... I can see all these in the superb acting skills of the actors. At least I feel that this movie has a plot, definitely worth your money to watch it.

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On a side note, I finished “流星。蝴蝶。剑”in 4 days? That was a record!! Haha, actually it was speed up by the good plot in the novel. Who would have thought of a trap within a trap? A plan within a plan? Maybe you don't know what I am talking about, but I am sure those who have read the book will know.....

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I particularly like this verse in the book :

暗无论多么长，光明总是会来的。

Can I see the light at the end of the dark tunnel? Maybe I do, but thats 6 weeks later..lol