Hotel Mumbai 2018
- Director: Anthony Maras
- Based on book: no
- Cast: Dev Patel, Nazanin Boniadi, Armie Hammer, Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Anupam Kher, Jason Issacs
- Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
- Dev Patel – The Man Who Knew Infinity, Chappie, Hotel Marigold 1&2, Slumdog Millionaire
- Armie Hammer – On the Basis of Sex, The Lone Ranger, Veronica Mars
- Anupam Kher – The Silver Linings Notebook
- Jason Isaacs – Case Studies, Harry Potter
- Why? Dev Patel
- Seen: 18 December 2020
You maybe remember this event. I do,
though not in detail.
Arjun (Patel) works at the exclusive
luxury hotel in Mumbai, The Taj Mahal Palace. A series of terrorist attacks
take place throughout the city at the same time, including the hotel. Arjun and
much of the staff risk their lives, some losing them, to protect the guests.
Though we follow the terrorists too and
get to know them a bit as individuals, we don’t learn who masterminded it all,
and in reality, that is still unknown.
The film is dramatic, and Patel is good, as always. But I can’t silence my thought that though of course murder is never acceptable, the extreme wealth and luxury of the hotel are part of the cause of the emergence of terrorism from poverty, oppression and inequality.
3 ½ * of 5
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