In 'Hotel Mumbai,' Grueling Violence, Depicted With Cruel Relish
The film's choice to foreground white characters over the deaths of many Indian victims makes for a cold, distasteful watch.
A single moment approaches true serenity in the boilerplate true-terror thriller Hotel Mumbai. The movie depicts the 2008 terror attacks on the Indian city, some of which centered on a standoff at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel. I remember the attacks; the smoke billowing from the hotel, the survivors clamoring through broken windows to escape to the ground, several floors below. The movie undertakes to present, in excruciating detail, the day's violence.
That one moment of peace, before all the blood,loved ones.
