Munich

During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September. In retaliation, the Israeli government recruits a group of Mossad agents to track down and execute those responsible for the attack. Avner (Eric Bana), an Israeli-born office worker for Mossad, is summoned to become the leader of a five-member assassination squad to seek revenge for the Munich Massacre by tracking down and killing the planners responsible for the Black September terror attack. As Avner isn't a high ranking member of Mossad, he is made to sign a renunciation of any official relation to Mossad and made the leader of the group, which consists of Steve (the South African getaway driver, [and future James Bond]), Hans (the German Jew document forger), Robert (a Belgian bomb expert) and Carl (the "worrier" who cleans up after the others). They operate out of the official structure of Mossad, receiving large amounts of dollars in a Swiss bank. Hilarity ensues.

This movie is very good, heck, it was nominated for Best Picture. Eric Bana is good as the sometimes bungling leader of the assassination squad. I do think Speilberg glossed over some of the implications of what Israel did. The world gave Israel some leeway because of the Munich Massacre, but Israel took advantage of that.

Trivia: One of many non-James Bond films to star an actor who (as of yet, will) portray 007 (Daniel Craig) and an actor who has played a Bond nemesis (Michael Lonsdale). Others include Robin and Marian starring Sean Connery and Robert Shaw (who faced off in From Russia With Love), and The Longest Day, with Connery and Gert Fröbe (who co-starred in Goldfinger).