Anthony Maras’ debut feature film cannot be described as anything other than a masterclass in tension; Hotel Mumbai creates an atmosphere so pronounced that we feel like we are in the hotel as well. Based on the real Mumbai terrorist attacks in 2008, the thriller hones in on the experience of the hotel guests and staff members as they creep along hallways and barricaded lounges to remain alive for as long as possible under the threat of the terrorists’ rifles. Dev Patel, Anupam Kher, Armie Hammer, Nazanin Bodiari, Jason Isaacs, and Apple Cider Vinegar‘s Tilda Cobham-Hervey make up the main cast of fictional characters to flesh out the devastating story told in Hotel Mumbai. Our nerves are putty in the cast and crew’s hands, giving us an infinitesimal taste of what the real-life victims went through.