 So we got this hotel that's been around for a while and some people are saying it reminds them of John Wick. Is it true? Well let's find out. My name is Brandon Heath Avery and this is just my opinion. What's going on everyone? Thank you so much for tuning into my opinion slash review for Hotel Artemis. I really do appreciate it. Now when I first saw the trailer for this movie a few months ago it did peak my interest just as much as everybody else and just like everybody else I was one of the many people that kind of did get a vibe of the John Wick franchise and that franchise you had a hotel called the Hotel Continental where it was a safe space for a lot of criminal activity. Even if you had beef with someone on the streets and y'all are trying to run around and killing each other you know once you did get into the that hotel and the John Wick franchise you know all you know all the rules started you couldn't kill anyone etc. And that was this kind of what came to mind when I saw the first trailer for Hotel Artemis. Now this film is being written and directed by Drew Pierce. This is his directorial debut. He's done a number of short films but this is his full length feature but he's also written a number of films as well like Iron Man 3 he did that he did the Iron Man 3 short film All Hell the King and so you know this is his directorial debut. Now as each as interested as I was in this film one concern that I did have was like you know man I do like John Wick I like the cast in this movie of course which I'm going to talk about in a second but I was a little bit worried that it would kind of copy off of the hotel in the John Wick franchise but I'm glad to say that it didn't do that at all this is a completely different setting completely different vibe even though it may seem the same and they have a lot of the same similar rules as that hotel in the John Wick franchise you know that is not the case with Hotel Artemis and one thing that I just like about this film right here Hotel Artemis is the cast it is stacked we got Jody Foster Sterling K. Brown Sophia Battella Jeff Goldblum Brian Tyree Henry if you don't know him he plays Paperboy in the Atlanta series that plays on FX with Donald Glover he's great in that role he's great in this movie too a phenomenal actor he acts his butt off I could tell from an interview that he had comparing that to the characters that he plays in this TV show and in this movie right here you also have Zachary Quinto Charlie Day Dave Batista and a number of other cast members as well it's really hard for me to say which character that I like the most out of this whole movie because they all did stand out even Jody Foster and just a little fun fact about her this is her first role that she's ever played in in five years her last role was Elysium in 2013 and I kind of found that interesting I don't know why she would quit or I don't want to necessarily say quit but just not pick up any roles I mean she's an Academy Award winning actress I can't imagine it being difficult for her to get work but you know she was a prominent figure in this movie the main character in this movie besides the hotel itself Hotel Artemis being a main character but she did stand out as the nurse a lot of times when I'm seeing Jody Foster her movies she kind of just seems like she's playing herself with the same role over and over again and that's not a bad thing I mean as long as your performance is good but here in this movie I did get something a little different than I can't remember from the past I mean there was a lot to her character she had anxiety issues she was dealing with a tragedy that happened to her in the past as someone that was close to her but she's also running this hotel that is a safe space for criminals and if I didn't go over the plot synopsis let me just go ahead and do this now the film takes place in the near future I believe it was either 2024 or 2028 please excuse me I can't remember it's in the city of Los Angeles that is just driven with riots it's just crazy over-the-top madness chaos mayhem and one thing another thing that I like about this movie is I can kind of see that this being possible 10 to 15 maybe 20 years from now which is scary but also a reality check if you want to dive into that deeper you're just gonna have to see the movie for yourself which I will well I won't say if it's worth it now but you know that's just a great thing about the film Jody Foster is fantastic as well Sterling K. Brown I talked about him who I brought up his name briefly he was in Jobu Prince in Jobu in the Black Panther series and another number of other material as well I do like him as well he's a very confident character he's not arrogant he knows his place he knows when to listen he knows when to speak and this is something I can respect out of a character and just a human being in general Sophie Sophia Boutella she was looking mighty sexy in this movie as well very strong character she had a lot to do she was in the mummy she was also in what other films was she in real quick I can't remember off the top of my head oh she was the in Kingsman Secret Service and she was also in Star Trek beyond I liked her character as well Jeff Goldblum is pretty much great and everything that he that he does he's the father of Zachary Quinto in this movie here and he's very rich very powerful and just somebody that you just don't want to double cross Zachary Quinto I like him he was fine Dave Patista was great as well he had a lot of a lot of dialogue in this movie well I want to say a lot but more and then his other movies he is not the best actor in the world he knows that he's admitted it but he's very humble that's why I respect him as an actor but I think he did well in this film he did what his character needed to do and was another standing point all the characters impressed me in this movie but the one that impressed me the most was by Charlie Day if you don't know who Charlie Day is he's been in fist fight with Ice Cube Pacific Rim and also horrible bosses I believe was the film where he popped up on the scene for me but Charlie Day is a funny character to me you know I like him if you know he was doing stand-up or something I would tune into him on television or Netflix or wherever the programming was while he is funny a lot of people complained about his role in Pacific Rim just that he was nagging and ranting and whining it was kind of like over the top quirky like you know kind of acted like that and that's kind of true for Pacific Rim too and some other films and things like that but what impressed me the most and you know he's just really a character that jokes around he's a goof in his movies is somebody that you really just can't take seriously that is not the case in this movie here he did a complete 180 as far as characters that he's played in past films compared to this one right here now this this film hotel Artemis is full of killers and well no excuse me it's full of criminals and badasses and most likely people that will kill you and I'm not saying that a child a day in this film came across as just some badass assassin or something like that but he did come across as someone with the amount of swag and suave and debonair that I've never seen him before he was smooth he wasn't a pushover even though there may have been times to where he may have not been taken seriously or he was mocked in a sense you know he still wasn't just gonna let you talk crap about him and you know he's gonna just stand his ground when necessary you know and that's just something that really just shocked me I was okay I see you Charlie day you know saying good stuff dude I've never seen this before but I'm impressed and I'm liking what you're giving me on the screen right here so you know that's just great something else about this film is this just really no action in it at all other than a brief little fight scenes towards the end and I kind of went in thinking that this was gonna be kind of like a shoot them up headbanger action type of movie but it wasn't but I wasn't disappointed either with my exit with my expectations being set because it would just stay entertaining seeing all the characters interact within the hotel Artemis and just really trying to get a hold of hotel Artemis as well I mean this film does not spoon feed you the plot and the synopsis in the world I mean you kind of have to put that together yourself and that's not a bad thing because it is intriguing and it's just a way to force you to pay attention to the film or or in a sense draw you in because what this film could have done was easily gave you a plot device to where this is hotel Artemis so you're not familiar with it so they give you a character at the very beginning that's not familiar with it too and there's they're learning what hotel Artemis is about we the audience is to is just a way to kind of knock out two birds with one stone but that is a trope that has been used in Hollywood over and over and over again no that's not the case here all the characters that are involved in hotel Artemis they know about it and you're just gonna have to pay attention to learn about it as much as gonna answer some questions for you it's not gonna answer some questions and it's gonna raise some questions is that annoying no it's not it just makes me more interested how interesting more interested to where I want to see sequel or prequel or just create a whole universe around this whole art hotel Artemis premise and which is just kind of fascinating because you know while I would be leave this film majority satisfied you know I do want more and you know and I want more and more the you know the more I think about it so you know the action is fine there's really just nothing special about this particular day is just a random day and how they put it in the film this is just another Wednesday so I kind of just like how they're making it not a big deal there was something else I was about to say but it just slipped my mind majority of the film does take place in the hotel so that's great I really did not have an idea of how this film was going to end and also it's not necessarily a happy ending to where you know you can just tie a nice little bow on top of everything but the film is very entertaining guys my expectations were mediocre to high and I walked out of the film you know very satisfied very entertained and do want more of this hotel Artemis world if I had to rate hotel Artemis out of a 1 out of 10 I would give it an 8 out of 10 I'm trying to think do I want to go higher than that hmm because did I talk I didn't talk about things that I scratched that because there's just so much to unfold about this film and I hate when I turn the camera off and there's something else that I want to talk about but actually guys I'm actually going to give this film and huh I've never been stumped as hard before let's see here and I do appreciate your patience as you're waiting on me to give you the rating for this film I'm gonna give it an 8.5 out of 10 yes guys an 8.5 out of 10 but guys that is just my opinion for a hotel Artemis have you seen it or do you want to see it how about turns you on how about turns you off do you agree with me or do you disagree with me let me know down in the conversation below let's get this conversation going and keep going if you like this video go ahead and give me a thumbs up if you don't that's 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