Quartile rating: 6/10 · 1 rating
In 1976, four hijackers take over an Air France airplane en route from Tel Aviv to Paris and force it to land in Entebbe, Uganda. With 248 passengers on board, one of the most daring rescue missions ever is set in motion.
7 Days in Entebbe covers the well-trodden Operation Entebbe story with competent but unremarkable execution. The plot meanders, spending too much time on the ideological musings of the German hijackers without building satisfying dramatic tension, and the intercutting with a modern dance performance during the climax is a divisive stylistic gamble that many found pretentious rather than illuminating. The acting is serviceable — Rosamund Pike and Daniel Brühl bring earnestness to their roles — but the ensemble feels underutilized. Cinematography is competent and professional without being distinctive. As a retelling, it offers little fresh perspective compared to earlier treatments like Raid on Entebbe (1977) or the superior narrative power of Idi Amin's portrayal in other works. The ending, while historically accurate, lands with little emotional payoff, leaving the rescue mission feeling curiously anticlimactic for such a genuinely thrilling historical event.