Operation Finale - 6/10 - I'd known of this mission (kidnap "final solution" architect Adolf Eichmann from 60's Argentina and make him stand trial in Israel) for a long while so I was surprised it hadn't been made into a film long before but I'm glad to see it has been now. The film is split into 3 uneven duartion sections, the setup - kidnap/interrogation - and escape, and the film spends just too long (for me anyway) in the interrogation phase taking up nearly 50% of the runtime. I get why this was done, as the interrogation where Eichmann's fake Argentine identity was broken down until he admitted his real identity, is supposed to be extremely dramatic but as he "broke" quite early on the drama is more surrounding his talks with the missions Leader as he justifies why he did what he did which is less "dramatic" and more "having a conversation".
This leaves the actual escape being over very quickly but it is very well filmed with the drama ratcheted up high, although it doesn't stick to the truth too tightly. However my most disappointing bit was that the "set-up", the intelligence operation to actually identify and track Eichmann was trimmed down to about 15mins when it is that part IRL which showed true ingenuity, detective work and bravery by a whole host of people - Mossad and Locals alike - yet it hardly gets much screentime.
As a film the acting from Ben Kingsley, Melanie Laurent and Oscar Isaac is very good and the locations, cinematography etc is fine but its that, for me, time spent on the "wrong" section which lets the film down more than it should do.