The Beekeeper

“Expose the corruption. Protect the hive.”

7.3

2024

1h 46m

ActionCrimeThriller

Director: David Ayer

Overview

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.

Trailer

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Cast

Adam Clay

Jason Statham

Adam Clay

Agent Verona Parker

Emmy Raver-Lampman

Agent Verona Parker

Derek Danforth

Josh Hutcherson

Derek Danforth

Wallace Westwyld

Jeremy Irons

Wallace Westwyld

Agent Matt Wiley

Bobby Naderi

Agent Matt Wiley

Mickey Garnett

David Witts

Mickey Garnett

Pettis

Michael Epp

Pettis

Lazarus

Taylor James

Lazarus

Eloise Parker

Phylicia Rashād

Eloise Parker

President Danforth

Jemma Redgrave

President Danforth

Director Janet Harward

Minnie Driver

Director Janet Harward

Deputy Director Prigg

Don Gilet

Deputy Director Prigg

Reviews

CinemaSerf

"Clay" (Jason Statham) has worked for an off-the-books US government programme designed to provide the ultimate security to the democratic process by providing unlimited training and resources to a group of people whose job it is is to objectively protect the system. These folks are called "beekeepers" which is lucky because our Jason has decided to spend his well earned retirement doing precisely that. He rents some space in the barn of "Eloise" (Phylicia Rashad) and one evening she invites him round for supper. He arrives to find that she has committed suicide and a cursory investigation from her FBI daughter "Verona" (Emmy Raver-Lampman) reveals she was the victim of a callous scam that wiped out not just her savings, but $2 million from a charity she chaired. Yep, you've guessed it. "Clay" decides it's time to reactivate his account and get on the trail of these people regardless of just how high up the food chain the trail of complicity and corruption leads. Statham adopts a rather curious accent throughout this totally unoriginal and derivative action thriller that gets gradually more preposterous as it goes on. Josh Hutcherson and Jeremy Irons add a little box-office to the thing, but their roles are undercooked and the former is actually pretty hopeless throughout. Some fun pyrotechnics and you wouldn't ever want to mess with "Clay" but these one-man assassination squad movies are ten a penny now and this is certainly not one of the best.

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Visperish

9/10 > A **violent, bloody and relentless action thriller** with a cliche but strong storyline and beautifully shot action scenes.

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Chandler Danier

I watched all the The ___ movies in preparation for the most expensive, The Beekeeper. It's short, snappy and dumb. Statham kills people like usual. Just a hard-working American bloke who only ever wanted to be cared for. If you feel all Australians are goofy and should die, you'll really like the end and probably rate it higher than I did.

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