Powerful and Compelling.

Rating: 10/10 (29 May 2011)

"When people ask me, good listeners, why do I hate all the Tutsi, I say, "Read our history." The Tutsi were collaborators for the Belgian colonists, they stole our Hutu land, they whipped us. Now they have come back, these Tutsi rebels. They are cockroaches..." That quote is from George Rutaganda and he tells us the start of what he said about the civil war between the Tutsi and the Hutu militias. That is the setting in Hotel Rwanda, which is based on a true story about the civil war in Rwanda in 1994 and how one man managed to saved those who were caught in the cross hairs of a raging war. Don Cheadle plays Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager who housed Tutsi refugees during the civil war. He delivers a great performance that makes him a hero in the movie. Soon enough, his family is forced to live in the hotel after militia's action is engaged in the streets. Nick Nolte plays a U.N solider, Colonel Oliver, who is willing to help Paul moved the Tutsi refugees out of the hostile area. But, the only way the innocents can escape from the war violence is by being transfered to a help center. I was hoping that Don Cheadle would get a Oscar nomination for his role in the movie and I was right. Hotel Rwanda is a compelling true story of a true hero who stand up against the Tutsi refugees while everyone else ignored the world of Rwanda. It is a must see. ★★★★ 4 stars.