How would you rate "Hotel Mumbai"? What is the prototype of this movie?

The prototype is the "Mumbai serial terrorist attacks" on November 26, 2008

Terrorism seems to be a very distant word, right?

Perhaps it is because our lives are too comfortable, and we will never experience the feeling of living on tenterhooks in our lifetime.

On November 26, 2008, the "Serial Terrorist Attacks in Mumbai" in India killed 195 people and injured 295 others. What a shocking figure.

Now 10 years have passed, this true incident has been adapted into an Indian movie. This time not only there is no singing and dancing, but it will also make your hands sweat with nervousness.

From November 26th to 29th, 2008, Mumbai, India experienced four full days of serial terrorist attacks.

This is an "indiscriminate terrorist attack" from Pakistani terrorists.

For a time, the entire city was shrouded in explosions and screams...

According to information, 10 terrorists in *** participated in the attack, 9 of whom He was killed in the crossfire and one person was captured alive.

The movie restored the number of terrorists, which was exactly 10 people.

The story begins from the perspective of these 10 terrorists. They look very young, chanting "Allah" in their mouths, with no wave in their eyes, like puppets being manipulated.

Unlike other disaster movies, this movie does not have too much foreshadowing.

As soon as the boat docks, they are going to kill people.

Someone is commanding in their earphones:

"Look around you, brothers. Look what they have stolen from your fathers and grandfathers."

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They want the whole world to see their killings.

This is a kind of resistance, but also a kind of revenge.

So they started killing people in crowded places such as train stations, restaurants, and shopping malls.

Just like a comparison game, no one is spared under their gun. Following those who fled in a hurry, they stumbled to the Taj Mahal Hotel, the symbol of Mumbai.

The murderers followed them in.

They began to kill everyone in an orderly manner, sweeping through the rooms from floor to floor, attacking in an organized yet random and blind manner, treating human life as nothing.

Shortly after the attack on the hotel, a police team spontaneously rushed into the hotel.

But as soon as this team met the terrorists, they suffered a disaster and were almost wiped out...

The movie restores Taj Mahal in a multi-line narrative. The entire process of the hotel being attacked staged a life-and-death battle between terrorists, hotel employees, and guests.

Why didn’t I mention the male and female protagonists exactly?

Because when I thought the protagonist would live with the halo of the protagonist,

He died...

Indeed, in the face of this indiscriminate killing , anyone may die in the next second.

The whole movie is highly tense, as if someone is pinching your neck all the time and you can't breathe.

In just over 120 minutes, I almost felt like I was having a myocardial infarction.

Seeing so many innocent people being killed, regardless of occupation, gender, or age, all died by gunfire, I really can't help but feel sore.

What mistake did they make? Let these executioners take away their lives without humanity.

Because of different skin colors? Different languages?

No, it is faith.

India is actually a country with very complex religious beliefs.

The influence of religion penetrates into every part of its society and culture. About 83% of the population in India believes in Hinduism.

During the Delhi Sultanate, Islam was introduced to India.

So Islam is the second largest religion in India, with 13.4% of Indians believing in Islam.

Due to rapid population growth, India has surpassed Indonesia to become the country with the largest number of Muslims in the world.

It is precisely because of religious conflicts that today's tragic religious vendettas have occurred one after another.

For example, Sri Lanka, known as the "Land of Smiles", suffered a "suicide serial bombing attack" a while ago. The attackers were all well-educated and middle-class people.

There are so many religious people in India. Locals may be exposed to more religions, but people who have traveled outside the country may not know it.

Like an old woman in the movie, she is afraid of the hotel waiter and keeps him away from her sight because he and the terrorists are both Indians.

The waiter approached the woman very politely and said this:

"This is my headscarf. I have worn it since I was a child whenever I go out. It symbolizes glory." And courage, of course, if you ask me to take it off, I will take it off."

He said that he also has children and a family.

He is exchanging his own beliefs for the trust of others, comparing his feelings with his own.

But this can be called a turban of faith. When the injured person needed to be bandaged and there was no suitable cloth, he took it off without hesitation and bandaged her.

The headscarf also symbolizes courage, and he is giving her courage.

Such a kind person deserves to live a long life.

Then the question is, such a big city cannot control 10 terrorists?

Why are there people being chased all the way and stuck in the hotel but no one cares about them?

Even the Indian real-time news actually reported on TV where they were going to escape when the hostages were not out of danger...

What kind of cool operation is this?

The police in Mumbai in reality are just as desperate as described in the movie.

Mumbai does not have special forces. In such a situation, special forces must be mobilized from New Delhi, more than 800 miles away, to deal with 10 terrorists.

Mumbai police did almost nothing before the arrival of the special forces. At that time, Mumbai was a hell on earth.

In addition to the tense scenes of people fleeing and rivers of blood in the film, some different perspectives were also shot, the perspective of the terrorists.

There was a terrorist who woke up first. Boss Niu called and asked him to check inside the dead woman's underwear, but he refused.

He seemed to have noticed something. He held back his tears and called his family to remind them that they must get the money. Boss Niu had promised them and swore in front of the Holy Quran.

He should know that he can no longer turn back.

He mentioned "training" on the phone, which suddenly reminded me of a documentary I had watched before, "Children of Terrorists"

In 2014, the director pretended to be a jihadist sympathizer A war correspondent who infiltrated a family of terrorists in northern Syria and lived with them for two and a half years.

Using the form of a documentary, it is the first time to observe and record terrorists at close range.

As children of terrorists, they have received "brainwashing education" since childhood.

The sons, who are twelve or thirteen years old, were sent to a terrorist organization training camp to receive brutal training. A dozen children were crowded into a dilapidated and cramped house every day.

Have you noticed that their expressions and gazes are very similar to those in the opening scene of "Hotel Mumbai" when they were about to attack?

They are not happy, and their eyes are full of confusion about life.

The most powerful bargaining chip in Boss Niu's hand is not money or family, but their faith.

Belief can achieve a person's kindness, or it can destroy a person's everything.

They are just poor people who are dominated.

Although almost all the characters in "Hotel Mumbai" are fictional, everything given to these characters comes from the victims of real events.

For those who are lucky enough to survive, this will always be a wound in their hearts that is difficult to heal.

What exactly is the so-called "faith"?

There are so many beautiful things in the world. The innocent smiles of children, the sweetness of lovers, and the hard work of life. Aren’t they much more beautiful than the smoke of war?

Is it so difficult to respect each other?

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The article was first published on the public account: Yibei Movie