Jason Statham does good action, so let's enjoy!
A scamming group defrauds an elderly lady, and because of that her tenant decides to go on a killing spree, and her daughter chases him. As it happens, the tenant is a Beekeeper, a member of a secret organisation everyone knows about, and the daughter is a member of the FBI. The Beekeeper goes after the scamming group, and the daughter gets there after. Then the Beekeeper goes after the higher level group, and the daughter chases after him. Then the Beekeeper goes after the higher group, and the daughter chases after him...
Yeah, so, this movie is stunningly nothing. As you might be able to tell from the summary, it's basically the same scene repeated three times. Okay, yes, some good action beats in there, and lots of references to bees, but... still a lot not of nothing of any import happens.
One odd thing that occurred to me was that the Beekeeper is a highly trained person who can take out everyone else... it's odd in that, is that special training? For some reason the government has decided, or doesn't know about, that everyone in the military shouldn't have that training? That seems amazingly inefficient.
But hey, Jason Statham kicks a lot of ass, so there is that. Emmy Raver-Lampman is fine as the FBI agent, and her mother is a cameo by Phylicia Rashad. And not much more than a cameo is one Jemma Redgrave. Josh Hutcherson is playing a scumbag, which he seems fit for. And Jeremy Irons is in this, easily dominating all scenes he is in.
Fine if you want something simple, no thinking needed.
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