Film Review - September 5 (2025)

September 5 takes place in Munich during the Olympic Games in 1972 and concerns the tale of the ABC News Crew that first covered the hostage situation that took place during those games.

September 5 while it goes over some familiar territory that other films like 21 Hours at Munich and Steven Spielberg’s 2005 film Munich covered, this movie is more about the news team who first got wind of that horrific situation and is also a great tribute to how hard news crews work when faced with a breaking situation that is unfolding live and in real time.

The film also has a slew of good performances, Peter Sarsgaard is very good as the head of the sports team bureau as is Ben Chaplin, Leonie Benesch and Zinedine Soualem as the core news team at the heart of this story, I also enjoyed seeing the late great Peter Jennings used here as well.
And so that was September 5 and it is a well made tightly focused news thriller that worked for me, 3 and a half out of 5.