Notice the details: The automated vending machines that dispense bullets and grenades like soda cans. The "Telegram" messaging system that replaces cell phones. The radios screaming about the riots and the "Authorization to Execute" orders. You never see the Los Angeles of 2028, but you feel it. It is a city drowning in private police forces (many of whom wear "P" badges, a nod to RoboCop ’s OCP).
Visually, Hotel Artemis is a triumph of production design. The film falls into the subgenre often described as "Cyberpunk Noir" or "Tech-Noir." Hotel Artemis
An assassin who speaks little but moves like water. She is the outsider, a woman who killed a cop (breaking the hotel’s number one rule) and drags the external chaos inside. Her presence is the catalyst that breaks the fragile peace. Notice the details: The automated vending machines that
Directed by Drew Pearce , Hotel Artemis is a stylized, near-future crime thriller set in a dystopian Los Angeles during a massive water riot in 2028. You never see the Los Angeles of 2028, but you feel it
: To maintain safety, all members must follow three core tenets: no weapons, no non-members, and no killing other guests . Key Cast :