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Rating: 8/10 (9 May 2019)

When you're coming late to film and when you don't know nothing about it- it's perfection.
And yeah i've missed only trivial inscription "based upon true events". And only on final titles u're understanding that it was true.
Mumbai Attack is a bunch of meaningless and bloody terror acts. 175 people were killed by terrorists. They choosed different objects to make chaos but in movie accent is on Hotel Taj.
Taj is a perfect place where main rule is "our guest equals God". Safe, beautiful building which like fairytale and paradise. And this atmosphere was until scary events of 2008.
Hotel Mumbai works like hermetical thriller and hostage drama but it's masterpiece. Mostly because of soundwork. Every gunshot seems to be scary and realistic. And screenplay here is just a truth mirror. And truth doesn't care 'bout people's psychic.
In movie we have two main characters. Army Hammer as american architect and Dev Patel as worker of hotel. But hollywood stars doesn't covered other interesting characters. You can feel and understand everyone in movie. Even last terrorist who lies to his parents about good education in other country. In moment of phone call he holds his gun which ready to shoot someone innocent.
Hotel Mumbai is a cruel uncompromised movie which based upon true events. Hotel Mumbai talks about same themes with thousands of other movies but it works better 'cause of soundwork, actorworks and unbeliveable scale of events.