The story is about the 1976 Olympics in Munich wherein some Israeli participants were kidnapped and killed. We follow the person from Israeli intelligence who has been sent to kill those responsible for the tradegy. We see the struggles of this person, played by Eric Bana, as he goes about accomplishing his tasks. We get to see the difficulties he faced and the moral struggle he has with what he has to do. The story is about an ordinary person who has to do extraordinary things but not all of it is good. It is definitely a very tragic story. It is also based on a true story.