Secret Item #15 NR | Region-Free (Blu-Ray)

Title: New Rose Hotel (1998)

Genre: Science Fiction, Thriller

Plot Synopsis:

Two corporate espionage agents, Fox and X, are hired to lure a brilliant geneticist away from a rival company by using a seductive woman named Sandii. The plan appears successful, but as loyalties shift and betrayals unfold, the operation spirals into deadly consequences. Stranded in a crumbling hotel, X reflects on love, deception, and the cold machinery of corporate war.

Cast and Crew:

• Director: Abel Ferrara

• Writers: Abel Ferrara, Christ Zois

• Cast:

  • Christopher Walken as Fox

  • Willem Dafoe as X

  • Asia Argento as Sandii

  • Annabella Sciorra as Madame Rosa

  • Yoshitaka Amano as Hiroshi

YouTube Trailer: New Rose Hotel | Trailer 

IMDb Link: New Rose Hotel (1998) 

Reviews from Letterboxd

1. laird – ★☆☆☆☆
   “Some of the cinematography is interesting, and the soundtrack is moody in an ambient/industrial way, but on the whole this is a baffling, boring mess of a film.”

2. gunnar – ★½☆☆☆
   “Yes, this is the William Gibson short story. Yes, this is Abel Ferrara. Yes, this should have been better.”

3. Bennett – ★★★☆☆
   “A deeply flawed cyberpunk noir, yet I keep returning to its doomed mood and ghostly love story. Asia Argento is electric.”

4. Ike – ★★☆☆☆
   “It somehow feels both too long and too short. I like the idea of it more than the execution.”

5. Avery – ★★½☆☆
   “It’s cryptic and cerebral, and it doesn’t explain itself—Ferrara trades narrative clarity for feeling. Works for some, not all.”

Meta Description:
New Rose Hotel (1998) is a moody cyberpunk thriller directed by Abel Ferrara and based on William Gibson’s short story. Starring Christopher Walken, Willem Dafoe, and Asia Argento, it explores love, betrayal, and corporate espionage in a bleak techno-future.