Hotel Artemis isn’t a movie I ever need
to think of again. But as a slice of pulpy sci-fi action, buoyed by a strong
performance from Jodie Foster and a great surrounding cast, writer/director
Drew Pearce (Mission: Impossible—Rogue Nation, Iron Man 3) delivers a fun little R-rated trifle.
As they age, plenty of actors are trying their hand at
playing grizzled badasses in revenge-based action movies. The results have been
up and down to say the least. Liam Neeson has proven the most successful of
these—though I’m not a fan of the Taken movies, the likes of
Run All Night deliver the goods. But now it’s time for
Jackie Chan to get in on the act with The Foreigner, so
everyone else, step away and give the man room to work.
