(2016) | Anthropoid

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.

The film follows two exiled Czechoslovak soldiers, (Cillian Murphy) and Jan Kubiš (Jamie Dornan), who are parachuted into their Nazi-occupied homeland in December 1941. With minimal intelligence and the help of a dwindling local resistance, they must plan and execute the assassination of Heydrich in the heart of Prague. The story is divided into three distinct phases: 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. The film explores the moral dilemma of the

Critics were somewhat divided on the film's pacing, though most praised its final act: The story is divided into three distinct phases: