The Beekeeper (Jason Statham) (REVIEW) | Projector | Not the bees! 

Mathew, I'm detecting some British Isles lurking in your accent.

Bees. My god.

Jason Statham beating up a bunch of Crypto/AI Tech Bros? Now I'm hooked.

This is Jason Statham at his most Steven Seagal.

As many Bee references as Jupiter Ascending🐝🐝🐝

"What? They told me I was a great bee movie actor. Is this not what they meant? I'm sorry, I fail to see the difference." - Jason Statham

This honestly sounds like it could be a Steven Seagal movie plot.

Statham is a rare 'old school action star' who can still get lead roles in theatrically released films [helped by being part of the 'Fast & Furious' series] while most are restricted to VOD fare. Even in his lesser vehicles he's always a charismatic presence and I really enjoy it when he can show other sides to him [like his hilarious turn in 'Spy']. I do wonder if he was only available for a limited time on this film-hence why he is absent for stretches.

Watched the movie yesterday. This entire review was basically on the money!

What you're saying about the exposition through the investigators, could it be that the writers were trying to cram in 'Boondock Saints' as well?

Thanks for this review. I'm pretty confident that based on this, I'm gonna be entertained one way or another.

I want to say Wimmer peaked with Equilibrium, but Law Abiding Citizen is by far the best movie with his name attached. but even with this caveat, Wimmer peaked with Equilibrium.

Kurt Wimmer made Ultraviolet. I wish I didn't remember that film.

Wimmer and Ayer and Statham. To be fair, it probably shouldn't have worked the way it did. But then I remembered that wimmer and ayer were Writer/Director together in Street Kings. So, it can be pulled off. Then I remembered that Street Kings was also written by Ayer fresh after Training Day, so.... thanks for the help?

According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way that Jason Statham should be able to fly.

I knew it was not the best action movie but it was certainly an enjoyable one.

I can't help being disappointed that he doesn't attack people with his bees.

I like Law Abiding Citizen

Really enjoyed this review. Looking forward to your videos in 2024.

I was wondering how anyone in the film could say Beekeeper with a straight face

"He's dropping more bee puns than Arnold as Mr. Freeze-" STOP STOP I'M ALREADY SOLD OKAY GOD! xD seriously though sign me the fuck up, IDK why it tickles my funny bone so much but the action one liner is a real treasure that must be kept in film!

Ther'es a lot of buzz around this flick

The Beekeeper is part of a weird trend of American-set films being made in Britain. There was Morbius, Love Again and The Flash and The Beekeeper joins them.

The best way I can describe Beekeeper is if they took the script of John Wick but tried to make it into a Guy Ritchie film.

You can smell the boomer dads in their easy chairs falling asleep to this movie.

1:02 Just before 'Fury' Ayer directed and co-wrote 'Sabotage' [with Skip Woods of Die Hard 5 fame] which I found a slog to sit through [mostly due to the confused narrative and unpleasant characters]. 1:15 Wimmer did write Angelina Jolie's 'Salt' in 2010 which got mixed to positive reviews [a sequel was mooted but never materialised]. He also had a writing credit on the recent 'Expendables 4' [possibly due to his work with Statham in this film] while Statham and Ayer will be re-teaming on 'Levon's Trade' [with Stallone writing the script].

To be honest I never really took this movie seriously. This movie was so silly that I was having fun with it. Yes this movie takes inspiration from many much better action movies like you mentioned the Equalizer and John wick. But the fact they turned this random ass beekeeper into a badass unstoppable killing machine was so funny that I was just having a fun time watching him go on a rampage. I wanna see more of these silly action movies like the fishermen or the farmer.

Also, comparing a hitman revenge movie to John Wick is irrelevant. John Wick is a very unoriginal movie and did not create anything new really.

I saw this on Wednesday. I'll damn it with faint praise by saying that it's better than both of Statham's films last year. I'm trying to figure out exactly where this went wrong, and i think I've figured it out. There are basically three ways a pure action film can work. 1. It's entirely style over substance. There's just enough hook to get the audience invested, then all the work goes into the stunts and choreography. Think John Wick (especially 2-4). 2. A solid story where the action is solid and serves the story. Think Die Hard. 3. The "it's just for fun" variety where nobody is taking anything seriously, and the entire point is to watch the good guys beat up the bad guys. Think The Expendables (not 4). There can be some overlap, but I'd say that's the general breakdown. John Wick 1 is probably the best example of 1 &3 overlapping. Here, I think Ayer was trying to overlap 2&3, and it just didn't work. I think we were supposed to take the active Beekeeper & guy who killed a Beekeeper seriously, but both are ridiculous and are introduced with very sloppy and short setup before being quickly dispatched. It takes itself too seriously to be fun, wnd the premise is too stupid for the audience to take seriously. I chuckled a few times at some of Statham's lines, but mostly i just felt disappointed.

Statham is a straight up Murder Hornet

Better suit up before watching this one.

Given the first John Wick and Equalizer are 10 years old this year, this does feel a bit late to the party, especially as those series now boast 7 films between them.

Who loves bees more Statham in the Beekeeper or Micheal caine in the swarm?

Not my buzz on my his, the pollen is dry. 😂 Seriously this is just another one Stathem does on the weekend. Whimmer, i knew youd bring hat bad boy up 😂 Hes the Alex Kurtzman of thia situation Matthew.

Bee Puns, My God!

She looks good. What a HONEY!

I kinda loved this movie...

I love that people still shit on Suicide Squad as if that's Ayer's fault as most of his shattered movies were made that way through re editing. See Sabotage where it was originally a 3 hour mystery thriller re-edited into a 1 hour 49 minute action film. If anything, Hollywood and shit producers are to blame.

Alt title for this movie; “The Boomer” 🙄