I cannot in any good conscious recommend that anyone watch this movie unless they have a predisposition for any of the following things: airline bags, 70s computers, big glasses, the Knesset, Klaus Kinski. So, being the strange man that I am, I found merit in this film. It was only two hours, but it felt much much longer. Maybe that’s because I already saw a better version of this movie, Irvin Kershner’s Raid on Entebbe around two years ago. Operation: Thunderbolt, if you don’t know, was the successful night raid the IDF made to rescue Jewish hostages in Uganda. All kidding aside, it is an unbelievable story. Well, instead of the TV version, this is the Israeli version. That means worse camerawork and more (if you can imagine) propaganda. Believe it or not, there’s a third version out there — “Victory at Entebbe” and that one’s got Liz Taylor. I’ll get to it some day.
