Directed by:
Anthony MarasCinematography:
Nick Remy MatthewsComposer:
Volker BertelmannCast:
Armie Hammer, Dev Patel, Jason Isaacs, Nazanin Boniadi, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Anupam Kher, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Angus McLaren, Vipin Sharma, Carmen Duncan (more)VOD (4)
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The terrifying assault brings together the guests and staff of the luxurious hotel including wealthy new parents David and Zahra (Armie Hammer and (Nazanin Boniadi), Russian businessman Vasili (Jason Issacs) and newly promoted waiter Arjun (Dev Patel) in a desperate fight for survival. This story celebrates humanity, compassion, courage, resilience and the unwavering desire to survive. (Icon Film Distribution)
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An adequately raw portrayal of a tragic event whose urgency will likely intensify in the future. The superb actors don’t get much space and Maras hardly ever gets close to the editing virtuosity of Paul Greengrass, which takes the best out of the subjectification of the suffering of the group of characters and the dynamic alternation of different perspectives, but the narration holds together regardless and is able to generate interest in the characters, without glorifying them excessively (only Jason Isaac’s Russian is somewhat caricaturish) or blindly condemning the killers, who were pushed to that terrible act by a senseless ideology and education. A good piece of work that generates a strong desire for this madness to finally end. 80%
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I admit that I have somehow missed the news about the terrorist attack on an Indian historical hotel. After watching this film, however, I’m aware of it and I won’t ever forget it. A genius reconstruction of a terrorist attack, which is ruled by precision, excellent acting performances, technical sophistication, but also often illogical behavior of the characters born out of the stressful situation, which in addition, provides another straw that will break the back of Islam. I am undecided about this, but during this film, I had to think about what is better – to believe in a religion in whose name its followers cause an endless amount of pain every year or to give it up, to take away its influence from the world and become an atheist?
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This year is ruled by "the lower the expectations, the bigger the bang", and Hotel Mumbai is a fine example. The film focuses on the Mumbai terror attack of 2008, where a group of young terrorists broke into a hotel to perform Jihad in the name of Allah. What I really like about the film is that it gets to the point right from the start, so we watch a literal two hour terror and carnage where guests and staff are executed in cold blood and mercilessly, and that there were not a few. Authentic, chilling, uncomfortable and atmospherically very dense. The greatest horror is often reality itself. I recommend it!! 85%
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A well-crafted film on all fronts that offers a gripping portrayal based on true events. Honestly, I was unaware of this terrorist attack until now, so I'm glad to have expanded my knowledge a bit. What can I say about the film? The creators definitely didn’t hold back; I was probably not fully prepared for such an uncomfortably realistic depiction. Most scenes were etched into my memory due to their uncompromising presentation. It was simply unsettling to watch the actions of this group of terrorists, both inside and outside the hotel. I was also surprised that, even after an hour of building up many characters, all that effort was suddenly tossed aside as protagonists were killed. It genuinely shocked me, I won’t lie. The ending deserves a huge thumbs up; I haven’t experienced such a sense of satisfaction from a film in quite some time. But besides the horrific act itself, another thing astonished me... the infrastructure of the police units in India. I found myself shaking my head. Better organization and not waiting for help from Delhi could have saved more lives back then. I can only hope things have improved in that regard now. I give it 85%.
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Hotel Mumbai works well in every aspect. It is dynamic, the action is authentic, without any slow-motion and similar nonsense that doesn't belong in such films, and most importantly, it avoids the clichés of action thrillers and the problems of the main characters (who are very often not subject to the same rules as other mortals), who are treated realistically and very unsparingly for most of the film. Hotel Mumbai successfully, colourfully and thrillingly reconstructs the 2008 terrorist attack, which did not happen in the advanced Western civilisation, so not many people actually know about it, and the form in which the filmmakers remind us of this event is highly above average.
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