History Film / Munich

** It's mentioned Avner was raised on a "kibbutz". A kibbutz is a communal farm on Israeli soil that - especially in the early 20th century - practiced communal childrearing.

* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:The death of Carl's assassin is portrayed in a somber and disturbing light. As they watch her wheeze horribly as blood pours out of her wounds, her killers, despite going after her in revenge for their comrade, are visibly disturbed by the way she had to go.]]

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: The female assassin gets shot in the chest and throat, but because the bullets were low calibre, the wounds don't kill her instantly and she ends up bleeding in agonizing pain before Hans finishes her off with a headshot. Even Avner and Steve looked visibly disturbed as they watch her bleed to death.
* CycleOfRevenge: A major theme of the film.
* DarkerAndEdgier: The female assassin's death is this in comparison to the original film. In the original, she gets finished off with a headshot as the camera pans away from her body. Here, she dies in a slow and agonising way, her body completely exposed.

* DueToTheDead: Subverted. After killing the HoneyTrap assassin, Avner closes her robe to cover her naked body. Hans then opens it again.

* MenAreTheExpendableGender: In-universe, [[spoiler:Carl's assassin]] has no redeeming qualities (minus [[PetTheDog her cat]]), compared with the first two targets (see ItGetsEasier above) but, perhaps because she's young, female, unarmed, and naked, [[DoubleStandard her death seems more morally dubious and distressing to several of the agents than the other deaths]].

* SupremeChef: The team jokes that Avner is team lead because he can cook a decent bisque.

* AluminumChristmasTrees:
** During the opening, the West German police attempt a rescue at the Olympic Village, only to call it off when it's pointed out that the terrorists are watching their approach on the news. This actually happened during the crisis.
** It is also mentioned that the Army is unable to assist due to "complicated laws." The (then-West) German constitution forbids the Army from operating on German soil during peacetime, which is why they were unable to directly move against the terrorists.

* NoPreggerSex: Averted; after having sex with his visibly pregnant wife, Abner asks her "How long into the pregnancy should we stop having sex?" [[GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex Between heavy breaths, she responds: "Labor."]]

* InstantDeathBullet: Graphically averted.

** The female assassin's death. [[IHaveBoobsYouMustObey She exposes her breasts in an attempt to dissuade the Mossad agents]], [[NoSell but they shoot her anyway]]. She collapses in a chair and dies in a pool of blood and they leave her naked to "shame her."

** The female assassin's death. [[IHaveBoobsYouMustObey She exposes her breasts in an attempt to dissuade the Mossad agents]], [[NoSell but they shoot her anyway]]. She collapses in a chair and dies naked in a pool of blood.

* DarkerAndEdgier: The female assassin death is this in comparison to the original film. In the original, she gets finished off with a headshot as the camera pans away from her body. Here, she dies in a slow and agonising way, her body completely exposed.

For the actual ''place'' Munich, [[UsefulNotes/{{Munich}} look no further]].

''Munich'' is a 2005 film directed by Creator/StevenSpielberg and written by Tony Kushner. It, along with the {{Creator/HBO}} film ''[[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092038/combined Sword of Gideon,]]'' were based on the bestseller ''Vengeance'' by George Jonas.

* InstantThunder: Averted in the opening. A reporter is covering the events at the airport, and a fireball erupts behind him as one of the helicopters explodes. He doesn't notice for a few seconds when the sound reaches him.

* HopeSpot: During the intro, two reporters announce that all the hostages have been saved. It then cuts to Jim [=McKay's=] famous broadcast in which he broke the news of the tragedy.

* NotSoDifferent: Of two kinds. The first is that all militants and spies are cut from the same cloth, all fighting for their own idea of good. The second is how [[CycleOfRevenge vengeance begets more vengeance]]. When they kill the woman assassin, they are taking vengeance for her taking vengeance on them, for taking vengeance for the Munich killings, which were vengeance for prior actions.
** Amusingly cited in a scene in which Steve and one of the PLO members have a non-verbal confrontation over choosing a radio station. Steve selects one playing classic Motown music and the other guy nods in agreement.

* TheIronLady: Prime Minister Golda Meir. After the massacre, she tells the military leadership that sending air strikes against terrorist camps doesn't send a strong enough message.

* SwissBankAccount: Avner is instructed to open these for the mission. He and each of his men gets an account for their accumulated salary, which they'll take at the end of the mission, and another holds $250,000 in operational expenses, which the Mossad will continuously replenish. The accountant sternly tells him to keep the receipts so that they can justify using the unlimited funds.

-->"When I was a kid my father used to say "Our greatest hopes and our worst fears are seldom realized." Our worst fears have been realized tonight. They have now said there were 11 hostages; two were killed in their rooms this morn-- yesterday morning, nine were killed at the airport tonight. They're all gone."

* HopeSpot: During the intro, two reporters announce that all the hostages have been saved.

* NoPreggerSex: Averted; after having sex with his visibly pregnant wife, the main character asks her "How long into the pregnancy should we stop having sex?" [[GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex Between heavy breaths, she responds: "Labor."]]

* ViolenceIsDisturbing: None of the violence in the film is presented as glorious or entertaining. It's often extremely disturbing and sickening. For example, one of the Israeli Olympic team members in the daydream sequence at the start of the film tries to attack the Palestinian terrorists with a knife. One of the terrorists pulls out a Walther P38 and shoots a hole through the Israeli's jaw. The man can only stand, slack-jawed and wide eyed as the hole in his face jaw gushes blood. Of course, this is in line with the film's theme, which is that violence, even violence undertaken out of what you perceive to be righteous anger, is almost always ugly and despicable.

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Ephraim will not break bread with Avner, indicating that Avner and his whole team were disavowed and considered expendable, and most of them died for nothing. In addition, Avner and his team were already told in the beginning how far out on the edge they'd be, with no support or backing from Israel beyond funds and target profiles. Ephraim refusing to break bread with a former citizen and soldier, even under Avner's olive branch of sharing Jewish heritage, is him saying he doesn't even consider Avner a Jew [[BadassIsraeli like he is]]. The homeland Avner sacrificed almost everything for has rejected him completely.]]