Review: In 'Hotel Mumbai,' a somber, unsettling drama about the 2008 attack on India’s largest city by jihadi terrorists from Pakistan.
The most chilling thing about the events depicted in “Hotel Mumbai” is not that they actually happened, not even that they could happen again, but that they are happening even as we speak.
He’s helped by an accomplished cast top-lined by Dev Patel, at his best as a hotel waiter caught in the crisis, and Jason Isaacs, Armie Hammer and Nazanin Boniadi, solid as hotel guests forced to cope with situations they never dreamed of. More than that, though much of the action was shot at another, shuttered Mumbai hotel, the director took pains to see that the actors felt the experience.
It is with those 10 terrorists that “Hotel Mumbai” starts, showing them arriving at the city’s edge on Nov. 26 in a small fishing boat listening to an exhortatory taped message made by their never-seen leader: “You feel strong. There is no fear in your heart. You are like sons to me. I am with you. God is with you. Paradise awaits.” Knowing what is to come, this is chilling material.
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