2024 Movie
Dir. David Ayer · United Kingdom, United States of America · English, Spanish
Jason Statham wreaks vengeance and bee puns upon a conspiracy-laden, tech-fueled corrupt system
With phone scams becoming more elaborate, it’s easy to understand and empathize with the wrath Jason Statham as The Beekeeper has when his elderly friend gets drained out of her entire life savings. It’s thrilling to see him punch his way into the scammers’ headquarters and burn the whole place to the ground. And when director David Ayer uses his extra hour to dial up the low stakes tech scheme into a nationwide scandal that implicates the entire U.S. government, it’s ludicrous, sure, but it’s somehow wildly entertaining. That being said, your mileage of the film highly depends on your tolerance for randomly dropped bee facts and silly bee puns, but The Beekeeper isn’t a terrible choice to watch.
One man's campaign for vengeance takes on national stakes after he is revealed to be a former operative of a powerful and clandestine organization known as Beekeepers.
"It appreciates the virtues of its leading man, who appears to have come by his muscles honestly, and does everything from dialogue to martial arts to gunplay as simply as possible."
— Matt Zoller Seitz
After his neighbor falls for a phishing scam and is robbed of $2 million, Adam Clay leaves his quiet life and wreaks vengeance as a former operative of the mysterious Beekeepers.
We’re here to see Jason Statham do his thing, and admittedly, his one-man crusade against a deeply corrupt system feels cathartic, bee puns aside, but Josh Hutcherson is a scene-stealer as a sleazy tech CEO with all of the money and none of the idealism.
Look, is The Beekeeper a great movie? No. But it is a fun action B(ee)-movie that deserved the buzz.
Isabella Endrinal is a curator at A Good Movie to Watch. She's now free from the corporate night shift. Previous articles have been published in outlets such as NANG Magazine. She's currently catching up on some classic films… if she isn't coping with the fact that the Haikyu anime will end soon.
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