One man's brutal campaign for vengeance takes on national stakes after it's revealed he's a former operative of a powerful and clandestine organization known as Beekeepers.
The Beekeeper is directed by David Ayer who's directed Suicide Squad (2016), Fury (2014), End Of Watch (2012), Bright (2017), The Tax Collector (2020) and a few others.
The Beekeeper is a heavily flawed movie and at times is the very definition of a January movie, but there's so much fun to be had with this movie that it really makes up for it. Jason Statham does what he does best shoot through tons of bad guys like a tank and gives some quite entertaining action scenes as well, Josh Hutcherson's performance is incredibly goofy that he steals almost every single scene he's in.
The action scenes are genuinely quite great and the moments that are trying to be serious end up talking about Statham's character Adam Clay's love for bees is a comedy goldmine, it's the exact type of movie that isn't trying to take itself way too seriously. The bee puns get incredibly goofy but never annoying (maybe I'm a bit biased here since I do love puns).
The first 20 minutes or so of the movie I will say is a bit forgettable and does seem like the movie is going to be yet another forgettable January action movie. However the movie quickly gets a lot better as it goes on and creates plenty of humorous moments, the movie does attempt to try have a few emotional moments but those really don't come together all that well due to the movie prioritizing the action scenes and the hilarious dialogue. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing in this case since you kind of get what you expected, but it does beg the question of why those emotional moments are even here.
Overall The Beekeeper is David Ayer's best film in awhile, it's a very flawed movie that I probably won't revisit anytime soon but it was very entertaining and hilarious. As long as you don't go in expecting this masterful action movie you should have a good time.
The Beekeeper is playing in theaters.
6/10 C+
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