a5c7b9f00b Set in riot-torn, near-future Los Angeles, 'Hotel Artemis' follows the Nurse, who runs a secret, members-only emergency room for criminals.
Some great ideas and a fantastic cast, unfortunately the script could have done with a few mor drafts to polish up the plot threads.
There are definitely some things I like about it. The casting and overall performances are very good for the most part. The ideas and world seem really fun and exciting, but the film overall fails to take advantage. The script is not good, and the overall story really sputters and drags on, which is amazing when it's only 90 minutes. I can't really give it a worse score because I don't have enough energy or care quite frankly about this movie to care about giving it anything lower, because everything else is average or fine, except for one shot when the special effects looked surprisingly terrible somewhere around the beginning of the movie.
Whether it’s the too-harried pacing or too many central people vying for attention, the film’s heart never quite coalesces. Seizing it is like trying to grab a cloud. Pearce seems to want this movie to be both a neon pulp plot-heavy piece and a character-driven drama, and there’s just not enough time in a single film for all of it to work.