Hotel Rwanda [Blu-ray] Reviews

Stories about dedicated men and women facing impossible odds to do something decent and humane are often popular fodder for movies. Terry George’s Hotel Rwanda tells the true story of a Rwandan hero who risks his life and the lives of his wife and children attempting to save more than a thousand people (mostly strangers). As in such ultimately noble sagas as Schindler’s List and The Inn of the Sixth Happiness, the journey is everything as we watch the protagonist fighting seemingly insurmountable obstacles to achieve his goals. George’s film doesn’t register with quite the depth of feeling consistently that other pictures of this genre manage, but much of it is engrossing drama and for those with short memories, the horrific acts of genocide that occur during the film’s one hundred day siege shouldn’t be forgotten as a very important part of the story being told. 

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