Solid thriller

Rating: 7/10 (15 April 2019)

Hotel Mumbai recounts the terrorist attacks that took place in Mumbai in November of 2008 and focuses on the Taj Hotel in particular.
You get pretty much exactly what you expect, and this isn't a bad thing at all. One thing I appreciated about the film is that it never tries to be something its not. The tension was relentless. A good while into the movie, I felt myself physically uncomfortable and it never let up. Surely, this is only a shadow of what the actual victims felt, but the film does its best to put us into the emotional turmoil of that experience.
I don't foresee this being a staple in anyone's rewatchable rotation, but Hotel Mumbai is a textbook thriller that fans of the genre are sure to enjoy.