The Beekeeper (2024) directed by David Ayer
This movie starts with a harrowing sequence of a retired black lady getting all of her savings stolen by a cyberfraud company that preys on people like her. Unfortunately for the company, Adam Clay (Jason Statham) lives next door and is friends with the old lady. In despair she shoots herself, sending Adam on a revenge spree that climbs the corporate ladder all the way to the top. The lady's daughter (Emmy Raver-Lampman) is an FBI agent, so she is working the crime from a more legally restrained angle, also getting up to the top but at least one step behind Clay. Clay used to be a federal employee. He was in the "Beekeepers," an extra-elite and extra-secret unit that most of the FBI and CIA don't know about. He is very effective at what he does, and what he does is very violent and very effective.
The movie is an entertaining action romp. Some of the logic does not quite connect in many places. But the old-fashioned theme of justice winning out is satisfying, as is Statham's ability to fight out in the open or in tight situations. The movie is not going to win any Oscars but it clear is not interested in doing that. It's a rip-roaring time and plays well to Statham's strong, silent, violent type.
Recommended.
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