The Beekeeper

"Expose the corruption. Protect the hive."

2024 1h 46m EN

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★7.3TMDB · 4,599

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Synopsis

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One man's 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.

“Expose the corruption. Protect the hive.”

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Cast

Jason Statham
Adam Clay
Emmy Raver-Lampman
Agent Verona Parker
Josh Hutcherson
Derek Danforth
Jeremy Irons
Wallace Westwyld
Bobby Naderi
Agent Matt Wiley
David Witts
Mickey Garnett
Michael Epp
Pettis
Taylor James
Lazarus

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: David Ayer
Writers: Kurt Wimmer, Finlay Britton, Andrew Wildman
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America

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MONEY

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Made its money back 4.6× over at the box office.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 2 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.

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4 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "The Beekeeper Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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5 / 8

CAST

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222+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by David Ayer, shot by Gabriel Beristain. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Jared Michael Fry. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Geoffrey O'Brien shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

David Ayer directs. Gabriel Beristain behind the camera. Jared Michael Fry scores. Geoffrey O'Brien cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United Kingdom, United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Made its money back 4.6× over at the box office.
2Released 2 years ago.
3International production across 2 countries: United Kingdom, United States of America.
4Part of the "The Beekeeper Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5222+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
6Directed by David Ayer, shot by Gabriel Beristain. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Jared Michael Fry. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Geoffrey O'Brien shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Jason Statham and Emmy Raver-Lampman and Josh Hutcherson carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "Expose the corruption. Protect the hive.".
11IMDB entry: tt15314262 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Classified under 15 themes, including "massachusetts", "secret government organization", "government conspiracy", "hand to hand combat".
13Released under 24 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Gabriel Beristain
Original score: Jared Michael Fry
Editing: Geoffrey O'Brien
Production design: Ben Munro
Costume design: Kelli Jones
Makeup / hair: Catherine Heys
Sound: Christopher S. Aud
Stunt coordinator: Eddie J. Fernandez
Runtime: 106 min · 1h 46m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $35,000,000
Box office: $162,619,535
Return: 465% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: The Beekeeper (2024)

Part of

The Beekeeper Collection

Series of films following Adam Clay, a former operative of a powerful and clandestine organization known as Beekeepers.

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David Ayer

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CinemaSerf2024-01-16
★ 6/10
"Clay" (Jason Statham) has worked for an off-the-books US government programme designed to provide the ultimate security to the democratic process by providing unlimited training and resources to a group of people whose job it is is to objectively protect the system. These folks are called "beekeepers" which is lucky because our Jason has decided to spend his well earned retirement doing precisely that. He rents some space in the barn of "Eloise" (Phylicia Rashad) and one evening she invites him round for supper. He arrives to find that she has committed suicide and a cursory investigation from her FBI daughter "Verona" (Emmy Raver-Lampman) reveals she was the victim of a callous scam that wiped out not just her savings, but $2 million from a charity she chaired. Yep, you've guessed it. "Clay" decides it's time to reactivate his account and get on the trail of these people regardless of just how high up the food chain the trail of complicity and corruption leads. Statham adopts a rather curious accent throughout this totally unoriginal and derivative action thriller that gets gradually more preposterous as it goes on. Josh Hutcherson and Jeremy Irons add a little box-office to the thing, but their roles are undercooked and the former is actually pretty hopeless throughout. Some fun pyrotechnics and you wouldn't ever want to mess with "Clay" but these one-man assassination squad movies are ten a penny now and this is certainly not one of the best.
Visperish2024-01-21
9/10 A violent, bloody and relentless action thriller with a cliche but strong storyline and beautifully shot action scenes.
Chandler Danier2024-01-30
★ 6/10
I watched all the The ___ movies in preparation for the most expensive, The Beekeeper. It's short, snappy and dumb. Statham kills people like usual. Just a hard-working American bloke who only ever wanted to be cared for. If you feel all Australians are goofy and should die, you'll really like the end and probably rate it higher than I did.