After John Wick 2, you’d be forgiven for thinking that the criminal underworld is only in it for the luxury amenities — and if you thought the Continental looked handy, wait ’til you get a load of Hotel Artemis. The titular members-only establishment might not look state-of-the-art, but if you’re a baddie with a bullet-wound it’s the only future-tech hospital you want to check yourself in to.
That’s the premise of Drew Pearce’s bold directorial debut, which sees the strict rules of the Artemis dissolve during a Los Angeles riot in 2028 while Jodie Foster’s Nurse tries to keep the peace and keep the customers patched up. One of the nefarious characters stepping through the Hotel doors is Sofia Boutella’s deadly French assassin Nice — and we’ve got an exclusive image of her, as seen in the new issue of Empire.
According to producer Stephen Cornwell, Pearce’s reference points included an intriguing combination of directors: ‘John Carpenter meets Wong Kar-wai’. “He wanted to embrace the look of LA and loved the Art Deco look the city has, but he also wanted to really modernise it,” Cornwell told Empire.
You can read more abut one of this year’s most exciting debuts in the Summer Movie Blowout issue, which hits newsstands on 17 May. Hotel Artemis arrives in UK cinemas on 20 July.
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