O Anjo do Mossad

Some reviewers question did this really happen. Well on April 4, 1973 "Two Arabs made an unsuccessful attempt to attack passengers of an El Al plane at the Rome airport. They were arrested but later released and sent to Lebanon." This quote is from the New York Times article "Few Arab Terrorists Are Punished for Hijackings and Killings" published on Dec 20, 1973. There is also a Time article that reviews what is documented in history and what is the movie makers creative license.

I enjoyed the movie. Watch it with some popcorn.

This is really an excellent film with none of the gratuitous violence that is typical of too many espionage thrillers. This is a true, old fashion 1970s spy story during an extraordinary period of history. I was totally unaware of this story before I saw this film. It's well acted and not over produced, and unless your an Arabic speaker it doesn't matter how authentic the idioms are.

The plot was good, not sure how much of it was in line with the actual story. Actors did justice to their role. However the screenplay could've been a lot better. In a nutshell, it didn't go all nine yards but it's definitely a good one time watch

The Arabic language was not right and was not Egyptian one, so we could use Egyptian actors or just keep it all in English, for the actors, I think they are really nice and good. for the story, It was amazing, I'm an Egyptian young man and I didn't read about Ashraf Marwan, and I was shocked by how intelligent he was and the final part was like O.O so I think it's a very good movie for you If you are interested about this part of history for this part of Earth, the middle east

The Angel gives an semi biographical account on the life of Ashraf Marwan, the son in law of the stalwart Egyptian president Anwar Sadat. The majority of events in the movie focuses on the events relating to the 1973 Yom Kippur war and how the Israeli intelligence, Mossad received the information and "Handled" it. The accuracy and veracity of certain parts in the movie remains doubtful to an ardent military history reader like me.

On the technical front most of the work resembled a high quality Hollywood B list movie. However the with the limitations on the budget "The Angel"'s director has pulled a miracle in my opinion. Cinematography is good and error free in general. Acting is good to moderate for a B list movie, as viewers only look for the gripping story and not expect top notch performances. Screenplay is well adapted from a book and has some chilling moments within. Make up and costumes were a little below par.

Overall The Angel is exciting one time watch for audiences who have either lived through or heard about the era of Arab-Israeli wars and tension. For others it's a normal movie with a little bit of action, suspense and a "Cool" history lesson.