You won't be disappointed!

To me, this movie is perfection.

It is not deep, but it is fun to watch. It does have a bit more of an edge to it than other similar films.

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

One of three movies that were rushed out in the wake of the 1976 terrorist hijacking, this television film is considered by many who saw it at the time to be the best of the bunch. It's certainly a well-made film, with plenty of authenticity and some very good turns from an excellent ensemble cast. Yet I couldn't help wishing that this film had a little more 'oomph', a little more excitement to propel it along. It's a very dry film that's filled with talky dialogue throughout and the last-reel gung ho antics come too little, too late for my liking. While this may well be because the film is based on a real-life incident and therefore things have to be portrayed as they really happened, in comparison to the recent edge-of-your-seat UNITED 93 you can really see the difference.Most of the fun comes from playing 'spot the cast member' as there are many heavyweights popping up in various roles. Peter Finch, Robert Loggia, Jack Warden, and Eddie Constantine are all fairly interchangeable in desk-bound official turns, and it's left to the on-the-ground guys to give the best acting jobs. Charles Bronson and John Saxon lend some brief, decent military toughness to the proceedings while Horst Buchholz is very convincing as the sweaty, nervous terrorist leader. Watch out for an early turn from James Woods who is very good as an Israeli soldier, and little old lady Sylvia Sidney playing to type as a sweet little old dame.For my part, the film had two excellent and very different performances which made things worth watching. The first comes from Martin Balsam, playing a hostage; this guy can do no wrong, and he's very understated here, and great with it. Using just his eyes for the most part he conveys a ton of emotion and shows up the other actors around him. Finally there's Yaphet Kotto in his scene-stealing turn as Ugandan President and all-round cannibal Idi Amin; this is a great role for any actor and Kotto is superb at conveying the psychopath's mood and mannerisms. While the film is a little dark in terms of lighting and the sets sometimes don't convince, the level of technical detail is good and the story is always interesting. It may not be a classic but it is a decent little hostage thriller and worth seeking out for fans of the genre or the actors involved.

I enjoyed the almost documentary-like depiction of this dramatic rescue, which was notable for its lack of over-sentimentality in the midst of a highly emotional crisis.The casting was effective yet unusual, as hostage-takers and passengers alike came from many nationalities, but no attempt was made to have verisimilitude at that level. It didn't matter much; nearly all the characters were believable.Surprisingly, striking elements of the real-life story and rescue were highly dramatic but left out of this film version for no discernible reason. For example, the Israelis' plane had to fly less than 100 feet above the Red Sea, under the radar of nearby enemy countries, on the approach to Uganda. The elderly woman taken to the hospital had in reality been traveling with her son, who had no choice but to poignantly abandon her there. And the rescuers simulated the approach of Amin in their creep-up to the terminal, to the point of bringing their own stretch limousine, in a plan that went haywire when a Ugandan soldier noticed something was awry.Despite such elements, the film worked for me. Its use of Hebrew songs and a painterly final frame were lovely details.In all, a pretty satisfying film experience about a hideous incident.

While a lot of such Special Forces operations make occur worldwide, their translation into movies may themselves not be so good. Not in this movie's case. The Israeli raid on entebbe is quite unique as far as anti hijacking operations go but this movie is pretty flawless in portraying what and how it happened? Authentic weapons, equipment, aircraft and settings have all been used. The acting is excellent and even the general human reactions to the hijacking have been portrayed quite well and the reality of civilian casualties which occurred has also been included. From beginning to end, this movie never drags and is one of the best I've ever seen.

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.