L'étau de Munich

The film's strongest sequence stems not from the mortal danger Hugh and Paul place themselves in by attempting to bring the secret document outlining Hitler's plans to Chamberlain, but rather the tense late-night meeting in which he brusquely rejects their concerns. And we all know how that turned out.

As a thriller set against the backdrop of such a key moment of pre-WWII Europe, Munich: The Edge of War is part riveting thriller, part solid character drama, and part the kind of ordinary historical dramatization that makes you wish it nailed the first two bits a little harder. Handsomely crafted and excellently performed, there's plenty to it that makes for a fine historical outing, but not quite enough to make it a strong outlier in a very crowded field. 

Mêlant faits véridiques et fiction, le film L'étau de Munich, fraîchement arrivé sur Netflix, revisite un moment charnière de notre histoire survenu quelques mois avant le déclenchement de la Seconde Guerre mondiale.

Dans le métier depuis une vingtaine d'années, le comédien George MacKay avait retenu notre attention pour son rôle du caporal Schofield dans 1917 de Sam Mendes. Dans Munich, il joue à nouveau avec beaucoup de justesse, mais presque toujours sur le même registre. À l'image du film...