7 Days in Entebbe

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Shaya S ubelievable to turn this story of clear evil into a "every story has two sides". Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 11/03/24 Full Review T S 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. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 06/22/24 Full Review Dru S Amazing, harrowing feat no one would believe Israel would ever be able to do this!! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/29/23 Full Review Jack L 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. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 10/22/23 Full Review Tatyana V So these people kidnapped over 200 people off a plane, put their lives in jeopardy, civilians who were Jewish, their families including children and Holocaust survivors - and we are supposed to be sympathetic when they are killed in a hail of gunfire?! I mean, I am glad that two German nationals had some ethical struggle kidnapping Jewish people and threatening their lives when some of them still had number tattoos from the camps, but I don't really think this exonerates them. It also bothered me how little time was spent on character development of the kidnapped victims and how much time was spent trying to explain away why these people were ok with hauling women and children into a room in Uganda and prepare to shoot them. I was also offended at the blank statement at the end that 4 Israelis died and 42 Ugandan soldiers died. You don't want to get killed? Don't kidnap people and hold them for ransom. Don't stand guard duty over those who do. It's that simple! Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 10/17/23 Full Review Michael B 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. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 06/15/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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