Anthropoid (2016) -

A tense and slow-burning first act focused on the paranoia and technical difficulties of living as secret operatives in a city under brutal occupation.

Reviewers from The Hollywood Outsider and Roger's Movie Nation called it a "magnificent" and "riveting" tribute to the resistance. Cillian Murphy’s performance, in particular, received high marks for its quiet intensity. Anthropoid (2016)

Critics were somewhat divided on the film's pacing, though most praised its final act: A tense and slow-burning first act focused on

The film explores the moral dilemma of the mission—the knowledge that killing one high-ranking official would inevitably lead to the execution of thousands of innocent civilians in retaliation. Anthropoid (2016)

The harrowing execution of the assassination attempt on May 27, 1942.