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In 1972 the eleven Israeli athletes at the Summer Olympic Games in Munich were captured by Palestinian gunmen and killed, and the Israeli government decided on an "eye for an eye" retaliation, drawing up the names of eleven people they wanted killed.

 

Keep in mind that due to its volatile subject matter this is a highly controversial film, and edit accordingly.

* [[Black and Grey Morality]]: One of the more controversial and brilliant aspects of the film is its refusal to show either side as being necessarily more righteous or dignified in what They do.

* [[Call Forward]]: The shot of the Twin Towers at the end, as Avner contemplates everything that's happened in the name of justice and vengeance.

* [[Downer Ending]]: {{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 [[Badass Israeli|like he is]]. The homeland Avner sacrificed almost everything for has rebuked him completely.}}

* [[Fan Disservice]]: The {{spoiler|female assassin's death, due to any sexiness from the fact that she's completely naked being canceled out by the fact that she's dying}}.

* [[He Who Fights Monsters]]: One of the more controversial aspects of the film is the way it depicts the operation as being an example of this.

* [[Honey Trap]]: Jokingly mentioned by one of the team members {{spoiler|then she gets him for real}}.

* [[Instant Death Bullet]]: Graphically averted.

* [[It Gets Easier]]: Played horrifyingly straight. The first kill is quite tense for both the characters and the audience, but then after that it becomes much easier on them and us. The first kill is a poet whom we see buying groceries and chatting with the lady behind the counter; the second is a political activist whose young daughter is featured front and center and whom the team almost blows up by mistake. After that there aren't so many humanizing moments.

* [[Jerkass]]: Louis. His dad is more of a [[Punch Clock Villain|Punch Clock Mercenary]].

* [[Men Are the Expendable Gender]]: In-universe, {{spoiler|Carl's assassin}} has no redeeming qualities (minus [[Pet the Dog|her cat]]), compared with the first two targets (see [[It Gets Easier]] above) but somehow her death seems more morally dubious and distressing than the other deaths to several of the agents.

* [[Morality Pet]]: The second target's daughter. And {{spoiler|Carl's assassin}} has a cat that she tries to hold as she's dying.

* [[No Place for Me There]]: Avner risks his safety, his family, his sanity and does things he will never forget or forgive himself for. All for the sake of a country that makes it clear people like Him and his team have no place in the new peaceful future They have fought for.

* [[No Pregger Sex]]: Averted; after having sex with his visibly pregnant wife, the main character asks her "How long into the pregnancy should we stop having sex?" Between heavy breaths, she responds: "labor."

* [[Wrong Genre Savvy]]: Daphna claims "I'm not the hero's nice wife", but that is, in fact, what she is.

 

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