THE BEEKEEPER UNDERSTANDS a, perhaps the, fundamental tenet of pulp cinema: There is something deeply satisfying about watching a good guy hurt bad guys in inventive ways.
You keep the story simple: Mr. Clay (Jason Statham) seeks revenge when his landlady/neighbor Eloise Parker (Phylicia Rashad) commits suicide after being scammed out of her life savings, retirement accounts, and charitable holdings as part of an organized phishing attack. Neither the police nor the FBI can bring those who wronged her to justice. Mr. Clay, however, is a “Beekeeper”: Imagine the CIA by way of Delta Force but a million times more badass and you’ll you get the idea.
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