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 7 Days in Entebbe 
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7 Days in Entebbe (titled Entebbe outside the U.S.) is a 2018 crime thriller film directed by José Padilha and written by Gregory Burke. The film recounts the story of Operation Entebbe, a 1976 counter-terrorist hostage-rescue operation. The film stars Rosamund Pike and Daniel Brühl.


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7 DAYS IN ENTEBBE

I had no idea what this was going into it. From the trailers that I barely paid attention to I remember it had a hijacking involved. That's it. I'm glad I ended up watching this film. If you know nothing it just increases the enjoyment I would say. Rosamund Pike was good here. I liked the accent the german dialogue. Daniel Bruhl was okay. Ben Schnetzer of Warcraft fame was in here and he was good in a limited role as a soldier. Two standouts for me was Eddie Marsan playing Shimon Perez. He was very engaging and Nonso Anozie as Idi Amin. Both of them were great in their pivotal yet smaller roles. Anyway, the film deals with a hijacking by a couple german nationals sympathetic to the Palestianian cause of Israeli oppression back in the day. Thy take a play with a load of passengers and fly it to Uganda. The intensity builds with the Israeli govt's struggle to never negotiate with terrorists and the growing desperate situation with the hostages. This leads to a climactic conclusion that was intense.

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nghtvsn,

If still interested in the story, there are two TV movies from 1976 (Victory at Entebbe, Raid on Entebbe) and an Israeli movie from 1978 (Operation Thunderbolt) that deal with It. I guess they are hard now to get a hold of, but if you come across one of them, you may be interested in checking them out.
Also, the 1985 Chuck Norris "classic" Delta Force is very loosely based on this story.

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I'll research those things. Thanks alot

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Raid on Entebbe is available on YouTube, with the version with English and Arabic subtitles having a better image quality than the other, which is dismal.
Operation Thunderbolt is also available in Hebrew, but I think it has English subtitles in CC.

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I liked the movie but it is never intense till the finale which along with the song is possibly the best combo I have seen in a movie. Pike was great in here and Bruhl was just ok. The supporting cast is great in here. Its the first half of the movie that isn't as engaging specially with a plane hijack involved.

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