Strong and Moving!

Memorable, crazy movie

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

I must say I was pleasantly surprised when watching this, not having expected very much of it. I think I had some kind of trashy midday movie in mind, so it was nice to find 'Raid on Entebbe' was well above expectation.Firstly, it was nice to find a film based on historic events that adhered to those events (barring minor and inconsequential details). Especially when a film is based on such a sensitive subject as terrorism, one hopes it won't be overblown and over the top. It wasn't – it was a good and even-handed depiction, neither demonizing the terrorists nor white-washing them, but simply depicting factually the actions they took. For a mainly B-list cast, the acting was strong and believable.So this was a decent, solid movie, well put together and maintaining its entertainment value throughout.

I love this movie and always have. (Thank you Mil. Channel and Lou Diamond Ph. for gracing our screens with this every once in a while.) I am a "girl" with grey hair (60), who traded in her lifelong radical lefty politics after 9.11.01 and now appreciates the heroism of the Israelis of then and always, our heros (FDNY, NYPD, BOSTON PD...) ..yadda yadda.. This movie and this story is so stirring and so captivating that even if you don't like it or its politics, you can not not be moved by it. Yow...I think this is one of the most under-rated films of well, a lot of times, shall we say.. Hollywood never took it seriously as it was an "end of contract" film for most of the players (Bronson, Woods...), but how do you say in Hebrew "yukyukyuk"? I will watch it any day, any time. I would love that "kids" (anyone under 40!) could even tell us what country ...or continent..Uganda is in. This is a story that needs to be told . God bless America and Israel. Hinei ma tov (the song the commandos sang in the plane), Jude

This is an excellent production based on a real event. Centered around an all-star cast, the acting is as powerful one would expect. This is the true story of the Israeli raid at the Entebbe airport in Idi Amin's Uganda. There had been an aircraft hijacked and taken to Entebbe. The aircraft was full of Israeli citizens and Israel took quick action. The film's (and Yaphet Kotto's) portrayal of Idi Amin pulled no punches and ended up spot-on and Amin was shown to be the evil dictator that he was. Amin delighted in the embarrassment of the Israeli Government. The Israelis knew that if the hostages were going to be rescued, they would have to do it since all the rest of the world wanted to do was talk. The raid is fairly accurately (from what accounts I've read) depicted. All in all, a pretty exciting film. It's well worth a watch.

I first saw this movie as a kid, but didn't remember it until I rented it a few weeks ago. This is a very gripping film, one that manages to get across the enormous amount of stress the Israeli government faced as they decided how to deal with a precarious situation. This mission took a tremendous amount of courage, which is reflected in the film. The scene where the commandos are singing on the plane conveyed the solidarity and stalwartness of the Israeli people as they rushed to the rescue of their own people.