“But if we cannot negotiate, Shimon, this war will never end.”

From 7 Days in Entebbe.

In 1976, four terrorists hijacked an Air France plane carrying 250 people including over 80 Israeli citizens.  After refueling in Benghazi, the terrorists had the plane flown to Entebbe, Uganda where they announced their demands to Israel and the rest of the world.  Back in Israel, the Minister of Defense, Shimon Peres (Eddie Marsan) and the Prime Minister, Yitzhak Rabin (Lior Ashkenazi) were constantly at odds with how to handle a situation; neither one wanting to risk the lives of the hostages, but disagreeing greatly on what would have to be sacrificed to bring them home safely.  Over the course of seven days, the terrorists struggle with how to handle the prisoners, especially the Israeli hostages who were the true reason for the hijacking.  As the days go on, the two German hijackers (Daniel Bruhl and Rosamund Pike) must struggle with the true intentions of the Palestinian hijackers in regards to their treatment and plans for the Israeli hostages.  As the world waits anxiously to see what will unfold, the Minister of Defense works with the Israeli special forces unit to create a rescue operation for the hostages… all that they will need is the Prime Minister’s approval.

This movie tells the real-life story of 7 days that captivated the world’s attention, especially in the Middle East.  It is an interesting story to watch unfold, with the terror stretched out across the globe and time; there is a series of flashback scenes that allows for the movie to begin with the hijacking and not be bogged down with the back story.  The strong accents of some characters make it difficult at times to follow everything taking place in the film and some over-artistic scenes seem to unbalance the theme of the movie, but overall the challenges are minor in this movie.  The greatest success in 7 Days in Entebbe is that each group of characters is greatly humanized; the hijackers are multi-dimensional, the hostages have a varied humanity, and the members of the Israeli government are divided by beliefs, but all are connected by one insane week.

| Rated: PG-13 | Running Time:107 minutes |Genre: action/biography |

||Family Viewing||Cursing: 4* of 10|Nudity: 0 of 10|Sexuality: 0 of 10|Gore: 2 of 10

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