Movie #1703 "Hotel Mumbai" --- I saw this film last week, and I found it quite intriguing, but difficult to watch. From the first minutes until the very end, the film keeps you on the edge of your seats --- people in audience were verbally making groans, etc., they were that involved. I know I was. To know it is based on a true story, that this motel (The Taj in Mumbai) is in business now and has a statue in front dedicated to all these brave hostages and hotel workers who all worked together to get a lot of them out in a very dangerous siege upon the place by Terrorists, makes the film even more of value --- since it tells a story of bravery that I can't remember knowing much about. I read a couple of the critics on rotten tomatoes who didn't like the movie, and the disaster movie genre of the 70s came up --- I remember that time period, but this movie shouldn't bar compared to those because it is so much better made --- and the way the story was told made it so much more entertaining (juxtaposition was used a lot in a very effective way). Another critic I DO agree with when he said that there was more of a body count than the story itself --- I DID notice that and wanted more info at certain times in the film, but overall, I found it very good and would give it 4.5 out of 5. But it isn't for the faint of heart...
"HOTEL MUMBAI" 2019 rated R
In this fact-based drama, a wave of terrorist attacks across Mumbai causes many people to seek refuge in the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel. Unfortunately for them -- and the guests and employees -- the terrorists are waiting and take them hostage.
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