7 Days in Entebbe

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Stephen C @bob25009 Oct 9 Based on a true story in 1 hour and 47 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated PG-13 for Drug Use, Brief Strong Language, Smoking, Some Thematic Material and Violence!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $2,900,000.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dubbed and subtitled in worldwide studios!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more Dave B Oct 7 So my take on this film is that it tries to convey a message about communication. The Batsheva Dance Company's interpretive dance is intercut throughout the film's focus on the hostage taking and the raid, and to me, that felt intentional. Humans can communicate without words. We can use dance, or other peaceful forms, even when spoken words fail. Or we can use violence. The end on screen cards further leads me to think this was intentional as they track how bad talks are in that region. See more Shaya S 11/03/2024 ubelievable to turn this story of clear evil into a "every story has two sides". See more T S 06/22/2024 The beginning was good, the acting was performed well, but the final scene was so bad like everything was patched up and packed together in a corner, and the scenes of those dancers mixed up with the final rescue scene spoiled it all. See more Jack L 10/22/2023 The decision to tell this story squarely from the terrorists' perspective unfortunately robs this film of any tension it may otherwise have had. Establishing the hijackers as decent and soft, the audience is immediately reassured that none of the hijackers are going to get killed. To make matters worse, the hostages are relegated to anonymous extras, they're never given identities or personalities, making it hard as a viewer to truly invest in them and care about their plight. The result is a painfully dull experience. The real life story is a feat of planning, yet the film skirts around the operational planning and depicts the Israeli high command as bland and unlikeable. Even when the actual raid gets underway, the action is interrupted by a bizarre decision to hand a significant amount of screen time over an otherwise irrelevant dancer amd her theatre performance. Why on earth the writers didnt give her substantial screen time to one of the hostages I have no idea. Only two Israeli soldiers are anything more than extras and neither are particularly fleshed out. Overrall, a disappointingly missed opportunity that doesnt even get all the facts right. See more Michael B 06/15/2023 In the 1970s making a political point put hijacking an aircraft a serious option. In that decade there were 69 hijackings, nearly 4 times that of the preceeding decade and double that of the 80s. Seven Days In Entebbe is the story of the rescue of the passengers and crew of an Air France flight by Israeli special forces after the plane was taken to Uganda by pro-Palestinian terrorists seeking the release of comrades imprisoned in Israel. Nearly 50 years on, for many viewers this story might be new so at that level it might be of interest. Where the film is let down is the multiple storylines which arent really developed and dance sequences (a post hijack ballet telling the story) which are sometimes inserted at odd moments including during the raid to rescue the prisoners. The music at this point was pretty good and if used alone would have worked. The ballet at other times does work to link the different storylinesand it looks good but it is an unusual ànd jarring approach. The terrorists are sympathetically portrayed as misguided revolutionaries while the Israeli politicians are seriously underplayed to the point that there's as much tension as if they're planning a visit to open a kindergarten. While Israeli politicians in this period were busy dealing with frequent crises, I thought rescuing dozens of their citizens (and others) in a daring special forces raid might have raised a sweat. The passengers and most of the crew are effectively extras while the actual rescue is quick and easy and could have been drawn out somewhat as it really was a unique event that has not been replicated. Overall, not a great movie, but worth a look as an overview of a significant event. See more Read all reviews

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