Munich

1972 Munich Olympics. Palestinian terrorists take Israeli athletes hostage. Television coverage worldwide. 11 athletes murdered. Tragedy unfolding live. Avner watching. Israel mourns. Golda Meir: "Every civilization finds it necessary to negotiate compromises with its own values."

Golda Meir: "Forget peace for now. We have to show them we are strong." Theme of cycle of violence, moral cost of revenge, and whether justice through assassination corrupts righteousness.

Avner Kaufman, Mossad agent, new father. Wife Daphna pregnant. Wants normal life. Called to secret meeting. Offered mission: lead team to assassinate 11 Palestinians responsible for Munich. Off books. Unofficial. Dangerous.

Avner accepts mission. Must leave family. Names erased. Team assembled: Steve, Hans, Robert, Carl. List of 11 targets. Unlimited funds. Entering world of assassination. No going back. Justice or revenge begins.

Should they really do this? Is assassination justice? Team debating methods. Louis, information broker. First target tracked. Planning begins. Is this right? Eye for an eye makes world blind? But Munich demands response.

First assassination. Bomb in phone. Target killed. Success. But messy. Enters world of being killers. No longer soldiers, now assassins. Each target more complicated. Getting harder. Moral lines blurring. Paranoia beginning.

Team bonding through shared mission and guilt. Steve emotional, Robert bomb maker, Carl cleaner, Hans forger. Brothers in arms. Also Avner and Daphna long distance - trying to maintain humanity while becoming killer. Love vs. duty.

Multiple assassinations across Europe. Rome, Paris, Cyprus, London. Tracking targets. Close calls. False identities. Promise: international spy thriller, morally complex assassinations, team working together, tension of being hunted while hunting.

Assassination gone wrong. Daughter killed in explosion meant for target. Innocent child dead. Team shaken. False victory: eliminating targets but becoming monsters. Ali, Palestinian, confronts them. Humanizes enemy. Stakes raised: losing souls while taking revenge.

Targets being replaced faster than killed. Carl killed by Dutch woman assassin. Team fracturing. Steve leaving. Paranoia everywhere. Avner suspects Mossad trying to kill him. List never ends. Revenge futile. Cost too high. Impossible mission.

Avner alone. Team dead or gone. Robert killed. Assassination attempt on Avner. Cannot trust anyone. Mission meaningless - new terrorists replace old. Family endangered. Paranoid, broken. Everything sacrificed for nothing. Cycle continues regardless.

Avner refusing more missions. Confession to Ephraim. "There is no peace at end of this." Haunted by those killed. Munich athletes still dead. Nothing changed. Revenge solved nothing. Empty victory. Soul destroyed for futile cause.

Ephraim: "You did well. You served your country." Avner: "Did we?" Final assassination. Synthesis: completed mission but lost righteousness. Cycle of violence has no winners. Justice through murder is not justice. Truth recognized.

Avner in Brooklyn with family. Ephraim visits. Wants him back. Avner refuses. Cannot break bread together. Distance remains. Attempting normal life but forever changed. Family together but man hollow. Trying to heal.

Avner and Daphna in kitchen. World Trade Center visible through window. Cycle continues. Terrorism and retaliation endless. Munich avenged but peace no closer. Man who killed for justice lost faith in killing. Ambiguous ending. No resolution, only continuation.