The Beekeeper is incredible

Everything in that trailer is just from the first 20 minutes. After that it's just continuous escalation. Something is always happening. It's always r-slurred and entertaining. Any scene with prolonged dialogue, of which there are few, describes the increasing extent of The Beekeeper's rampage and accurate predictions on what he'll do next based on bee analogies.

The Beekeeper is the ultimate badass. He never runs from danger. In fact he never runs. He meanly struts everywhere he goes. Even in the middle of intense firefights. He doesn't use guns or kill innocents, except when he does. Yes he tortures, but in a very lazy way to let you know he's not happy about it.

His enemies? Everyone! And he beats them all! Some crazy chick with a minigun? He slams her head into a gas pump, wraps the hose around her neck, swings her into side of a truck, and lights her on fire. One legged Maori man? He sweeps the leg then beats him with it.

All of this in pursuit of the dastardly duo Josh Hutcherson and Jeremy Irons, election riggers, who in between doing blow and Asian masseuses made the mistake of driving his elderly black friend to suicide.

All of this culminates in the ultimate twist. Josh Hutcherson is the son of the female president of the United States. This is revealed with an incredible musical sting after her phone call with Josh ends with someone calling her Madame President. Of course, The Beekeeper must now go and shoot her

But what about diversity? This is a 2024 movie afterall. Don't worry, we got white scam call centers modeled after Jordan Belfort telling people to redeem card. We got a fat black FBI agent. We got aforementioned crazy chick with a minigun and one legged Maori operator.

The Beekeeper wastes no time. The pacing is breakneck and the plot is insane. I can't emphasize enough how fast paced this is. The bad guys don't get away. They die so Statham must then fight new, more powerful bad guys. And yet you always know who the Beekeeper is fighting, why, and where they are fighting. Unironically skillful storytelling/filmmaking.

Is there anything comparable? I mean based on the trailer this is clearly John Wick right? But remember that's just the first 20 minutes and then it becomes it's own insane thing. I think the best comparison here would be Evil Dead 2 but for action movies. It starts with the quick recap of the traditional action movie. That ends and now there's 90 minutes left for it to go insane.

Overall 9/10 Would recommend