It's not just the fedora. There's an old-fashioned feel to this historical thriller. And so it should be. It takes place in 1960.
It's the story of how a team of Israelis find, capture, and bring Adolf Eichmann to Israel to stand trial. Eichmann (Ben Kingsley) was hiding in Argentina, and had created a new life and family when the team, headed by Peter Malkin (Oscar Isaacs), apprehend him.
The movie doesn't rise to the level of other historical thrillers like Seven Days in Entebbe, about how the Israelis freed hostages of a hijacked plane in Uganda. It tries to be a bit more cerebral, taking us into the home and mind of the Nazi architect of the "final solution." And Isaacs doesn't quite pull off the role of a rogue—but right—Masada agent.
Still, whatever its weaknesses, the exquisite ended more than makes up for them.
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