Hotel Mumbai left me speechless ....

Rating: 9/10 (31 May 2019)

"Hotel Mumbai" is a definate must see for this has been one the most intense movies I've seen in the last few years and I've seen a lot. Of course I saw this on the news 11 years ago but after matching this movie, I realize how horrific and traumatizing this nightmare must have been. I was glad to see it was an Australian instead of US production because it's a straight in your face movie without the fake Stars and Stripes feel to it. No slick made up heroe to polish up the story for the audience but simply showing how it actually must have been. You could really feel the fear among the hotel staff and guests who were desperately trying to survive this horrible ordeal. The director managed to portray the hotel staff as normal, terrified people doing everything they could in order trying to save their guests without making them false heroes. On the other hand there is the outrage towards the terrorists who without any mercy and emotion are just randomly kiling innocent people. But at the same time also complete disbelieve on how these young men are completely brainwashed by the voice on the phone telling them it's for the Islamic cause and promising them paradise in heaven beside Allah. This picture also showed the inability with the Indian police how to handle this situation while this masacre took place. As we all know, it all came to an end but luckily for this movie, without the fake happy Hollywood ending we are used to.