【Show Me the Movies】This Week’s New Releases!* A real-life terror attack inspires the edge-of-your-seat thriller *Runaway City: Escape for Your Life*

By MOOK Scenic Spots Family, compiled and reported

This week’s new releases are led by *Runaway City*, which earned strong word-of-mouth from the Toronto Film Festival. Based on the horrifying series of terrorist attacks in Mumbai, it’s joined by fourteen other new films this week—get ready to catch some movies!*

Runaway City
 
In November 2008, militants from Pakistan carried out a series of terrorist attacks across Mumbai, devastating India’s most densely populated city. Over the course of three days of siege, the gunmen took over the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, trapping more than 500 guests and staff inside. This film primarily depicts the events that unfolded at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel—a renowned landmark symbolizing India’s progress and diversity. Amid the chaos, people of different nationalities, cultures, religions, and social classes had to band together to escape with their lives.
 
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Director: Anthony Maras
Cast: Dev Patel, Armie Hammer, Nazanin Boniadi, Jason Isaacs, Anupam Kher

They Shall Not Grow Old
 
This groundbreaking documentary, *They Shall Not Grow Old*, was created to commemorate the centenary of the end of World War I. Directed by Peter Jackson, the film utilizes cutting-edge restoration, colorization, and 3D technology to carefully select hundreds of hours of precious century-old footage from the archives of the Imperial War Museum. The result is an immersive, visceral, and remarkably authentic cinematic experience.
 
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Director: Peter Jackson

Love Needs Too Much Translation
 
Xiaopeng’s sister is getting married to a Brit, and the nervous Xiaopeng—who stumbles over English—heads to London alone, full of anxiety. Abo, whose English is so limited he can only say “Yes,” bravely sells his family home and crosses the ocean in pursuit of love to see his girlfriend studying abroad in the UK. And Ajou, who works at a Thai restaurant in the UK and doesn’t speak a word of English, falls for a female coworker but is too afraid to confess due to the language barrier… These three old friends from back home find themselves in London, causing no shortage of laughs with their “Thai-style English.” They meet while taking English classes at a language school. Ajou’s French-Vietnamese friend, Anthony, falls head over heels for Xiaopeng, but with one unable to speak Thai and the other unable to speak French, can these two “not-so-fluent foreigners” overcome the language gap and spark an international romance?
 
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Director: Fried Egg Squad
Cast: Merada Suri, Naisa S-K. Manuewnich

GG Kill Incident
 
A gifted female student, a depressed musician, an autistic genius, a badass detective, a stepmother, a gentle teacher, and a stray dog—all somehow connected within a single night. And what do all the words starting with the letter “G” signify? Every detail weaves an intricate tapestry of Hong Kong life and people. The overnight murder isn’t random. In this stifling city, everyone is searching for an escape. And it all begins with a rolling human head.
 
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Director: Chueh Che-bin
Cast: Hannah Quinlivan, Chapman To, Lu Huang, Li Ren?, Lu Jun Guang, Lin Shan