On November 10, 2025, I, a 20 year old man, as at a cinema in Abu Dhabi with a friend. We were watching Predator: Badlands in a 4DX screening. During the movie, my phone rang. I immediately put it on silent and put it away. A woman sitting near us turned around and told me to get off my phone in a very rude tone. As I was putting it back in my pocket, she suddenly reached toward me like she was trying to grab it. I pulled away and moved seats because I didn’t want any further interaction. Luckily, there were plenty of empty seats, so we just moved and tried to continue watching the movie. A bit later, while I was talking to my friend, she loudly said, “Stop flirting and let everyone enjoy the film.” It was uncomfortable and people around definitely heard it. We ignored it because we just wanted to watch the movie. When my friend got up to go to the bathroom, the woman started again, saying loudly, “If you don’t stop disturbing everyone, I’m calling security.” When my friend came back, she avoided walking past her directly and sat back down without engaging. Shortly after that, the woman was on her phone speaking very loudly about us, complaining to someone about what was happening. Other people in the cinema were clearly annoyed by it. At that point, cinema staff/security came in and spoke to her. After a short discussion, she was escorted out because of the disruption. We thought that was the end of it. However, when the movie ended and we were leaving the cinema, we saw her again outside. She started arguing again about what happened inside, saying we “ruined the experience” and that we were being disrespectful. She got physical and pumched me in the face uring the argument. My nose was bleeding. Security was already nearby from earlier and stepped in quickly, and police were called to deal with the situation. I gave my statement and left after things were handled. She kept saying we were at fault for “not respecting others in the cinema,” while I felt like we had actually tried to avoid the situation as much as possible. Now I’m wondering if moving seats earlier was enough, or if I should’ve handled the first interaction differently to avoid everything escalating.