10 Awful Movies With Incredible Casts
10. Hotel Artemis
Cast: Jodie Foster, Dave Bautista, Sterling K. Brown, Sofie Boutella, Jeff Goldblum, Charlie Day, Zachary Quinto
In Hotel Artemis, Jodie Foster plays a world-weary nurse running an emergency room for criminals in a riot-run city. With a fascinating premise and a perfect cast, Hotel Artemis sounds like it'll have a ton of great action and witty banter.
But instead of explaining the details behind this dystopian world, Hotel Artemis dumps the viewer right in the middle of it, expecting them to fill in the pieces. You have to commend the movie for not over-explaining the backstory, but the lack of world-bending makes one care very little about the characters, especially when they're annoying as hell.
Sterling K. Brown and Sofie Boutella are solid and have great chemistry, but their conversations are repeatedly interrupted, mainly by Charlie Day overacting his ass off.
By the time the criminals start killing each other, you're relieved you don't have to hear their incessant whining anymore. Even though Hotel Artemis' cast is appealing, the film would've worked with less characters so it could focus more on a select few.