The Beekeeper is a type of movie where you would go when weighed down by trivia, surrounded by dullards who cannot fathom it and are entangled in miles of red tape. It feels weirdly satisfying to watch Jason Statham as Adam Clay, the beekeeper from the title, mow swathes right through with death and destruction from that place in your head. So now we get to this The Beekeeper movie review.
Clay lives quietly in a barn that belongs to Eloise Parker (Phylicia Rashad), a retired teacher. Clay has bees and helps around the house for Eloise. We meet Eloise when Clay is removing the hornet’s nest from her compound. By the way he “removes” them interestingly but not with poison gas like Agatha Christie’s short story but rather by crushing a tube light.
Verona (Emmy Raver-Lampman), an FBI agent, watches her mother die under suicidal circumstances due to being scammed via phishing and losing all her savings including the 2 million dollars she was handling for the children’s charity fund.
The Beekeeper: Director and Cast
Director: David Ayer
Cast: Jason Statham, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Josh Hutcherson, Bobby Naderi, Minnie Driver, Phylicia Rashad, Jeremy Irons
Duration: 105 minutes
Storyline: A beekeeper hides out in a barn until his sweet old landlady falls victim to a scammer then the lead character goes after them full guns blazing.
While Verona thinks that there is no avenue for justice since there is no evidence against Eloise; Clay walks into their call center with two cans of gasoline and an extremely bad temper. While Clay starts off wiping all traces of humanity beginning with slimy Garnett (David Witts) right up to spaced-out sulky big boss Derek (Josh Hutcherson), Verona tries to do things legally through Matt Wiley (Bobby Naderi) her fellow agent. They are given the authority to do as they please by their boss, Deputy Director Prigg (Don Gilet).
Meanwhile, inside the confines of power there is a flurry of activity as the ex-CIA head Westwyld (Jeremy Irons) inquires from the present CIA director Howard (Minnie Driver) about this shadowy group of operatives known as The Beekeepers who appear to be above the law and have special skills. There are strong signals that it might get sticky for President Danforth (Jemma Redgrave).
When he is not speaking, things blow up or fingers get chopped off, Statham squints at another assassin before hurling a jar of honey followed by blowing up one more petrol station and then diving into the sea after retrieving his earlier hidden scuba gear. A boring day in the office or an abominable journey to work is not in Clay’s word list.
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