The Beekeeper Movie Review : This stinging revenge drama is buzzing with innovative action
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".
Synopsis
‘The Beekeeper' is a gripping action thriller for most part, with a fresh narrative of vengeance.
Story: A beekeper is on a mission to exact revenge for a defenseless phishing scam victim. And he will stop at nothing.
Review:
Eloise Parker (Phylicia Rashad), a retired school teacher loses all her
money at the click of a button, as a sophisticated network of young
hackers rob her of over 2 million dollars. Her daughter is an FBI Agent
Verona Parker (Emmy Raver-Lampman), but is helpless in catching these
tech-savvy thugs. Enter Adam Clay (Jason Statham) - a beekeeper by
profession, who runs his modest business from Eloise Parker’s rented
garage, but is single-handedly capable of destroying the biggest and the
most elusive phishing mafia that is out of the reach for even the most
elite law enforcement organisations.
‘The Beekeeper’ starts off
with a bang, promising a heavy dose of slick action and a new kind of
enemy who is young, smart and commits their crime without using force or
violence. But they destroy lives anyway. This premise is exciting and
has immense scope to deep dive into a story about new-age scams that
have become a sad reality of our life. But far from going deep, ‘The
Beekeeper’ barely manages to even skim the surface. Director David Ayer
and his writer Kurt Wimmer make no effort to explain the intricacies of
how a group of young techies wipe off millions of dollars daily from
people's bank accounts from a plush high-tech office and remain
untraceable. Neither are they interested in showing us the scam itself
in detail. It merely serves as a motivation and a reason for our man
Adam Clay to unleash mayhem on the bad guys and go all guns blazing.
Like
most high-octane actioners, ‘The Beekeeper’ too succumbs to
preposterous and illogical happenings. However, the one thing that keeps
this one fresh and brimming with entertainment is Jason Statham’s solid
kicks and punches and the novel action choreography (by Gabriel
Beristain). Right from the start, the action is the one element that
remains unpredictable, even when the writing falters. The sweet
satisfaction of a bloody revenge for those who have little regard for
other people’s hard-earned money, is rewarding to watch. This keeps the
narrative on track even when most characters come across as bumbling
stereotypes. Thankfully, the leading man Jason Statham doesn’t seem to
have lost his sheen. The actor can still pack a punch.
‘The
Beekeeper' is a gripping action thriller for most part, with a fresh
narrative of vengeance. A more pronounced emphasis on the crime and its
execution could have made this stinging revenge drama far more lethal.
January 30, 2024
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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