It pulled me in and doesn't let go

Rating: 7/10 (4 November 2019)

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A very good movie that pulled me right in as soon as it started. It took me on a roller coaster trip of emotions and reality became a bit closer. The actors are perfect for the parts and I could feel the hate, frustration, fear, and much more.
The whole movie is build around real events, which makes it even more real. Although some characters are not real, you can get an idea how people reacted, acted, and felt throughout the whole hostage situation and siege of this hotel.
Like said, some characters are fictional. And that did bother me a bit. Arjun is set as a loving, caring, perfect-dad type. But he doesn't exist. In interviews with the makes it became clear that some characters, including Arjun, are representing more than one actual person. So, what if those persons are not as nice as Arjun? Or they handled in self preservation and others follow and make them hero's? The couple David and Zahra also never existed. So the whole rescue of the baby is also not real, as far as stated.
For a movie based on a true story, this was a bit of a downside.
Never the less: The things that happened on November 26, 2008 are things we can never understand. It must be a horror being in that hotel, being one of the survivors and life with these terrible images in your mind. Not only this event is terrible, but all events that were carried out by fanatics and people that don't agree with other cultures and religions.
These movies, like Hotel Mumbai, just give us a glimpse of the horrors roaming the Earth. They should be watched and we should learn from them how to prevent it.