The literal translation of the movie is "Seven Days in Entebbe". I don't know why it is translated into "Firefox One Attack".
It is about a hijacking incident that caused a sensation in the world 42 years ago. The PLO and the German Red Army jointly planned the hijacking of the Air France plane and, with the support of Ugandan dictator Amin, landed at Entebbe Airport in Uganda. There were more than one hundred Israelis on board. The hijackers took these Israelis as hostages and demanded that the Israeli government release Palestinians detained around the world. The Israeli authorities considered repeatedly and finally decided to solve it by force. Everyone knew what happened after that. The rescue process went smoothly. The hijacker was killed, three hostages were killed, and one of the Israeli special forces died, the commander of the team, Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Netanyahu. It also blew up 11 Uganda MiG aircraft. These fighters are the main force of the Ugandan Air Force. All the remaining hostages were rescued.
Before this movie, at least three movies about Entebbe’s operations had been made. It was nothing more than a fight and returned in triumph. Therefore, the director of this film did not follow the conventional shooting methods to directly interpret the story, but added the thought activities of many characters and scenes that the director believed were related to this event. For example, in the decision-making process of the Israeli government, the hijackers faced various considerations before killing the hostages, the hostages’ various behaviors, and so on. The audience did not focus on the excitement and thrill of the rescue operation itself, but viewed and thought about the event from the perspective of political, historical, and humanistic beliefs. Although many of them are speculations by the director, they also make the film a lot more colorful.
For example, two of the scenes. One is the ideological activities of two German hijackers. They both belonged to the German Red Army faction. This organization was founded in 1968 and self-proclaimed as a communist. In fact, none of them understands the theory of communism. It is just that a group of left-wing youths who are unwilling to be dissatisfied with reality have become terrorists. For them, killing is a process, a motive and a result. The same is true of the two German youths who participated in the hijacking, their heads full of extreme thinking. However, when they were instructed to kill the hostages if they failed to negotiate with the Israeli government, they were also anxious. After all, killing hundreds of unarmed innocent hostages with a gun in your hand is far more difficult than facing your own death. Only now did they understand that they chose a double life for themselves. You always have to pay it back when you come out.
The second is the French nun who left voluntarily. There are several nuns who walked with her, all of whom knew that walking meant life, and that what she left behind was death. And only she asked to stay with the remaining hostages when she was released. Here we do not need to examine her motives. Like the captain's flight attendants, perhaps it is not faith or professional ethics that supports her in this approach, but human nature.
The Ugandan President Amin in the film is purely a guy with no faith and no humanity. Just because Israel did not provide him with military aid, he wanted to hack Israel. As a result, stealing chickens didn't lead to eclipse rice, 45 people died, not to mention, the air force was not there. It was such a bastard that actually ruled Uganda for seven years. The level of civilization and civilization of the locals can be imagined. But let's not talk about other people, there are many such people here. Although the absurdity that occurred is far less than the hijacking.
The film also focused on rendering the Israeli government's decision-making process in dealing with this hijacking incident. The Jewish nation is a troubled nation. Thousands of years of displacement and thousands of years of humiliation have cultivated the extremely stoic character of this nation. Survive silently, earn money silently, and face the massacre silently. At the beginning of the founding of the nation, they also used an eye for an eye, ruthlessly burning the villages of the Palestinian people, driving out villagers, and killing women and children. This is how history moves slowly in relentless repetition. While cultivating the Palestinians’ hatred of the Jewish nation, it also created Israel’s character of self-confidence and low self-esteem, as well as strength and fear of loneliness. Therefore, their decision is hesitant and long. As the choreographer said: "Dancing is like life. If you are injured, you will become worried, which is understandable. But if you become too scared to always have reservations, there will be nothing. The determination to jump, then you will never be good at dancing." After the rescue was successful, Israeli Prime Minister Rabin did not feel the joy of victory at all. He said: "If we never negotiate with other countries, then the war will never end." Survival or death? This ancient proposition has plagued the Israelis all the time.
Speaking of dance, this is also a highlight in the film. A period of modern dance rehearsal is interspersed from beginning to end. The creativity is very good and the dance style is better. Especially at the end, a man struggled with all his strength to chase the girl who was running in the distance. Extend body language to the limit. It seems to symbolize that the Jewish nation is carrying three thousand years of suffering and chasing the footsteps of modern civilization. Resolute, unyielding, unhesitating. In this movie, it's worth watching this dance.
Scored by someone: 7.5.
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