7 DAYS IN ENTEBBE

learning to be themselves fully and freely in the world, struggling against the prison that is the opinion of others. — Katie Walsh, Tribune Content Agency

1/2 PG-13, 106 minutes. Starts Friday at Niantic and Madison Art Cinemas. Written by Geoffrey Burke, “7 Days in Entebbe” recounts the tale of a real plane hijacking that looms large in the history of Israel. In June 1976, two German and two Palestinian revolutionaries — the nomenclature varies from “freedom fighter” to “terrorist” depending on who you ask — hijacked an Air France flight from Tel Aviv to Paris and directed it to Entebbe, Uganda, to demand the release of 52 political prisoners. The smart script by Burke weaves together the happenings at the terminal in Uganda, emceed by an ebullient Idi Amin (Nonso Anozie), just happy for the media exposure, as well as the political distress in Jerusalem as Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin (Lior Ashkenazi) struggles for power with his Defense Minister Shimon Peres (Eddie Marsan). But much of the story focuses on the morally complex situation of the two Germans, Brigitte Kuhlmann (Rosamund Pike) and Wilfried Böse (Daniel Brühl). The story is larger than life, and difficult to believe it even happened. It’s poignant and powerful to consider the ways in which negotiation between Israel and Palestine reverberated throughout the lives and careers of Rabin and Peres, and the history of conflict in the Middle East, which stretches back to Europe. The film never lets us forget that legacy. — Katie Walsh, Tribune Content Agency

TOMB RAIDER

PG-13, 118 minutes. Starts Friday at Niantic. Starts tonight at Mystic Luxury Cinemas, Waterford, Stonington, Westbrook, Lisbon. The Lara Croft video game character reboots once again to raid more tombs on a secret island. A review wasn’t available by deadline.