Hotel Artemis (2018) – The B-Movie That Dreamed of a Franchise

What if your health insurance got you shot?

In Hotel Artemis (2018), Jodie Foster runs a secret hospital for criminals in riot-torn Los Angeles — but despite ten unbreakable rules, nobody seems to follow any of them, including the movie itself.

Set in the not-so-distant future of 2028, Hotel Artemis follows a covert Los Angeles hospital for criminals operated out of an abandoned art deco hotel. As riots explode in the streets over water shortages, the hospital’s no-nonsense nurse (Jodie Foster) tries to maintain order among a roster of wounded guests, including a bank robber (Sterling K. Brown), an assassin (Sofia Boutella), and a volatile arms dealer (Charlie Day), while her loyal orderly (Dave Bautista) enforces a strict code of rules. Written and directed by Drew Pearce (Iron Man 3, Rogue Nation), and featuring music by Cliff Martinez, the film was released in 2018 by Global Road Entertainment — a now-defunct studio that collapsed shortly after its debut.

What's Included:

• Why Hotel Artemis feels like a sci-fi movie made entirely of side quests

• A breakdown of its box office fate, failed franchise setup, and forgotten studio

• How Jodie Foster reshaped her role — and nearly saved the movie

• Rules, riots, and the case against record players in dystopias

• Which cast members could pull off playing Dirk Pitt (spoiler: most of them)

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Tags: Hotel Artemis, 2018, Drew Pearce, Jodie Foster, Sterling K. Brown, Sci-Fi, Action, Dystopia, Global Road