HBO film tells a story of mass murder
KEVIN McDONOUGH, Tune in Tonight
Posted on Thursday, November 19 @ 05:48:03 CST
Topic: TV
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As chilling as any horror movie, "Terror in Mum- bai" (8 p.m., HBO, TV-14) recalls a cold-blooded assault on India's largest city that left 170 dead and more than 300 wounded.
Airing a week before the first anniversary of the attack, the film,
narrated by editor, author, TV personality and Mumbai native Fareed
Zakaria, uses closed-circuit TV footage and intercepted cell phone
conversations to offer a harrowing, minute-by-minute account from the
point of view of victims and terrorists.
On the night of Nov. 26, 2008, 10 Pakistani men hijacked a fishing
vessel, killed its crew, went to Mumbai and quickly began shooting at
civilians in crowded bars and hotels. While their phone calls were
intercepted quickly by Indian intelligence, the reaction by the local
police and security forces remained confused at best.
We hear as a Pakistan-based controller called "Uncle" exhorts the men
to kill and kill again, promising them martyrdom and eternal rewards.
Many of the terrorists were uneducated peasants, and some were even
sold to the terror cell by greedy relatives.
The sound of the orders from "Uncle" and the killers' timid, frightened compliance is arguably the most horrifying taped
evidence of mass murder since the tragedy in Jonestown.
"Terror in Mumbai" is hardly an easy film to watch, but it
offers a mesmerizing account of human evil as well as a warning. At one
point, the terrorists describe the Mumbai carnage as a mere "trailer"
for "the movie to come."
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Kevin McDonough can be reached at kmcdonough@uni tedmedia.com.
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