The Beekeeper (2024)
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- Synopsis:
- The fast-paced action-thriller, which is steeped in the mythology of beekeeping, follows a man’s personal journey of vengeance which takes on national stakes after he is revealed to be a former operative of a powerful and clandestine organization known as the ‘Beekeepers’.
- Actors:
- Jason Statham, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Bobby Naderi, Josh Hutcherson, Jeremy Irons, David Witts, Michael Epp, Taylor James, Phylicia Rashad, Jemma Redgrave, Minnie Driver, Don Gilet, Sophia Feliciano, Enzo Cilenti, Megan Le, Dan Li, Georgia Goodman, Derek Siow, Jay Rincon, Glenn Boateng
- Directors:
- David Ayer
- Producers:
- Bill Block, Chris Long, Jason Statham, Kurt Wimmer
- Writers:
- Kurt Wimmer
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Thrillers
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Reviews (1) of The Beekeeper
Director David Ayer's worst film - The Beekeeper review by AER
I wanted to see what a David Ayer-directed movie starring Jason Statham would be like to see whether the former would elevate the latter into more interesting territory or whether Ayer would end up making a generic actioner. Saddled with a crappy script by Kurt Wimmer and a bunch of British actors sporting lousy American accents in support (Jeremy Irons and Jemma Redgrave take a bow), The Beekeeper is fairly generic even by Statham's standards. Stealing off the Equalizer films and a dose of John Wick too, this fails to distinguish itself at all. There is a lots of noticeable 'one-at-a-time' fighting in The Beekeeper, so it's the one on one fight scenes that count for something. Look out for some terrible acting from a South African mercenary with a false leg - it's only January (2024) and there's already a candidate for worst performance in a cinema release already!
The Beekeeper is unimaginative, and unmemorable. Statham's fourth duff movie on the trot (for me). Please come back David Ayer. I miss your LA cop movies.