Wonderfully intense film!

Rating: 10/10 (25 March 2019)

I saw this film tonight attending a q&a with the director and his actor, Jason isaacs. I'm super confused at the reviews saying the film didn't address why these attacks happened. Did you not pay attention? They were not subtle in saying that anyone that wasn't muslim deserved to die. That's why *spoiler alert* a Jewish woman had to pretend to be Muslim to save her life. *end spoiler* I mean really guys, keep up!!! Anyway, this movie was super intense from the beginning and didn't let up. I was shocked. I was like 'oh we starting already? Ok'. I liked how the film was violent but not graphic. Yes the events were horrible and you felt the pain and anguish of those three days, but no gross gratuitous close up shots. I also learned something about myself. I'm a disabled Hispanic woman. I've never felt I have any privilege, but I realized I always get mistaken for middle eastern. I'm ethnically ambiguous like that. Like the example from
The film above, I can use that to my advantage if god forbid I'm ever in a situation like this. Anyway solid film. Definitely recommend.