Operation Finale
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Synopsis
The end of World War II was only the beginning of the hunt for justice. Based on real events, Operation Finale tells the story of the covert mission to track down the notorious Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann (Ben Kingsley), one of the chief architects of the Holocaust, and make him stand trial for his crimes in Israel. Mossad agent Peter Malkin (Oscar Isaac) infiltrates Argentina in 1960, where Eichmann has been living in secret with his family. But capturing the man is one thing – smuggling him out of the country in one piece proves to be another matter entirely. Chris Weitz (About A Boy) directs this intense psychological thriller that unfolds between a captor and his captive. The film also stars Mélanie Laurent, Nick Kroll, Haley Lu Richardson, and Joe Alwyn.
Cast
- Oscar Isaac
- Haley Lu Richardson
- Nick Kroll
- Mélanie Laurent
- Ben Kingsley
- Lior Raz
- Greta Scacchi
- Joe Alwyn
- Peter Strauss
- Michael Aronov
Atom User Reviews
overwhelming - very powerful and thoughtful Please don't talk through movie - read a little background before you see it so you don't need to ask your seatmate
The cast is superb and the flow from scene to scene is smooth.
Metacritic
Operation Finale means to embody the banality of evil, but it’s mostly mired in plain old banality.
Isaac and Kingsley bring quite a bit to Orton's dialogue, sometimes seeming to mean it at face value and sometimes inviting skepticism.
The debate over the utility of violence and the dignity owed prisoners of war has raged since time immemorial, and recent developments have only amplified the decibel level. Operation Finale zeroes in on these complex dynamics, only to erase their nuance.