The Beekeeper (2024)

★★★

I swear if I heard Jason Statham say “I have to protect the hive” one more time, I was about to walk out. The Beekeeper has the most bee-related puns since The Bee Movie, and that is not a good thing. The movie will be entertaining for some, but if I’m being honest, we’ve all seen this movie before. It’s a Jason Statham action movie and does not deviate from the pattern. Heck, it’s a lesser John Wick. And yet, yeah… the action is good. It’s a mindless popcorn flick that escalates quickly, and some will love it for that, however, I see it maybe only being fun after having a few drinks and putting it on with a group of friends - it's pretty silly and very undemanding of its audience. Yes, The Beekeeper is indeed a very mid-January film - lots of cheap thrills and corny one-liners.

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Film Info:

Premise: One man's brutal 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".

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Miramax

Directed by David Ayer

Written by Kurt Wimmer

Cast: Jason Statham, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Josh Hutcherson, Bobby Naderi, Minnie Driver, Phylicia Rashad, Jeremy Irons

Runtime: 1hr 45min

Rating: 14A

Action, Thriller

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IMDb Rating: 6.7/10

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 70%

RT Audience Score: 93%

RT Critic Average: 5.9/10

RT Audience Average: 4.6/5

Metacritic Score: 54

CinemaScore: B+

Letterboxd: 2.9/5

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Fun Fact: This is Jason Statham's fifth film in the last year.

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