Hotel Rwanda is a very entertaining film of a true story of a man prepared to do anything to save his people. The story behind the film relates to the horrific events that took place in 1994 between the two tribes: Hutu and Tutsi. The main character in the film is Paul Rusesabagina acted by 'Don Cheadle', a Hutu who managed the four stars Mille Colline Hotel.The film begins by showing two tribes at war when the president of Rwanda was assassinated. This had promoted genocide between the Hutu's and the Tutsi's. At first, Paul Rusesabagina wished to save his family but he then realized the brutal conditions others were suffering.
He quickly managed to save a large number of Hutu and Tutsi refugees to host them in his hotel being a safe house for all. Soon after, more Tutsis took refuge and more United Nations (UN) visitors were evacuated. Eventually, the hotel became like a refugee camp with news arriving that the United Nation's were unable to evacuate them. Later on, the situation became very severe as they were running out of supply of food and water.Besides the film telling us about a man's brave actions, it also sets blames on the International obligations to the genocide as a human crime. Also, the movie informs us that neither the United Nations nor the United States acted positively to protect the Hutu and Tutsi refugees.
The Hutu extremists managed to kill just fewer than one million people.However, a number of lessons can be learnt from Hotel Rwanda. For example, the film points out the kind of problems taking place in Africa and the response of other and neighboring countries. It also makes one feel the horrific pains that tribal problems can cause.The music in the film was brilliant given that the tone and style changed every time there was an upsetting scene, horrific scene or a joyful scene. For example, there was a time in the film where many refugees were crying of agony and at that particular time the tone of the music changed into a slow and upsetting style.
These effects of music make the viewer realize immediately about what is happening.What the film doesn't do quite as successfully was that it displayed several horror scenes which were violent. It is very difficult to do a PG-12 film about genocide. If the director of this film wanted to keep them horror scenes he should change the age rating of the film to either a PG-15 or PG-18, preferably a PG-15 rate so more people can see and understand the film.
Also, some of the effects used in this film were not suitable. This is because some were not realistic and several didn't need to be in the film as they did not make sense to the topic it was talking about.Furthermore, some of the scenes in the film were not appropriate for any one to see. This is because some scenes were terrifying and some very hurtful. For example, there were times when there were scenes of killing and blood everywhere, and then you also see the children lying on the floor dead. In addition to this, there were times when the parents were crying and screaming as they look and witness their children being killed or abducted.
The characters portrayed their roles brilliantly giving the storyline great depth. I think that the characters appearance was really good. Also, the performance of the actors was impressive especially when Don Cheadle was trying to save his people. One could easily figure out that he was striving to defeat the extremists so that his nation stays alive. They all knew exactly what they had to do: they kept the humor and sadness to their appropriate times.
What I liked most about their portrayal was that they all had the courage of doing of all what they were appointed for. Their acting and speech was one of the main reasons which made me continue watching this great film.Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed the film 'Hotel Rwanda'. This is because I learnt new things that I never knew before and moreover, I really liked the emotive power of the film.
Finally, I would really advise all people out there to go out and see this superb film as it tackles new challenges and takes your mind back to the 1990s.
