The article is biased towards the author's perspective. The author has a clear agenda to make fun of Jason Statham and David Ayer for their action-packed movie 'The Beekeeper'. The language used in the review is derogatory and dismissive of both the director and actor, making it seem like they are not capable of creating good content.
Adam mostly keeps to himself, but when Eloise ends up the victim of an expensive banking scam
Assuming Ayer had more say here than he did on Suicide Squad, perhaps it's time to stop demanding the latter's #AyerCut
Ayer and cinematographer Gabriel Beristain do a fine job of creating a sense of mystery around Statham's Adam Clay, whom we first see entering a shadowy, rundown barn in silhouette.
Before we see his face, we see the distinct shape of his white beekeeping suit. He's an astronaut whose exploration is fauna instead of the stars
David Ayer directs Jason Statham in "The Beekeeper." Credit: Daniel Smith / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures
David Ayer's The Beekeeper has the kind of goofy action premise that, if played straight enough, could have served as a springboard for ludicrous delights.
It's the right choice on the actor's part, but the wrong one in terms of editing.
It takes well over an hour for the full scope of the movie's plot to even come into view
Jason Statham standing still. Credit: Daniel Smith / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures
Like Chad Stahelski's John Wick franchise
One elaborate set-up on a bridge to dispense with a gaudily dressed tech scammer — who begs for his life in exchange for offering Adam "crypto and NFTs" — involves a body being flung through the air and making a specular impact, at least in theory.
That Adam feels nothing when performing mechanical executions ought to make for a worthwhile plot point
Thatt’s the very crux of a revenge romp
The action in The Beekeeper is dull.
The Beekeeper is preposterous in a dumb but not fun way.
The movie's emotional weightlessness is, unfortunately, matched by a physical weightlessness too.
The problem is that in the process of maintaining its gimmick — a revenge saga in which Jason Statham plays a beekeeper and retired black ops killer — the film forgets to have any fun.
This disconnect between appearance and actual premise is easy to ignore at first, but the oddities when it comes to the movie's setting continue to pile up.
While this creepy setting does end up playing a part in the action later on, it's soon revealed that it's owned by a normal, unassuming good Samaritan named Eloise (Phylicia Rashad), on whose Massachusetts ranch Adam houses his beehives.
Why she owns a building that resembles a slaughterhouse is anyone’s guess; it's as though the filmmakers were hell-bent on a spot for horror-adjacent kills, but they couldn't figure out where to put it until the last minute.
