The Beekeeper
“To bee or not to bee?”
The Beekeeper is a 2024 American action thriller film directed by <PERSON> which follows one man's brutal campaign for vengeance which takes on national stakes after he is revealed to be a former operative of a powerful and clandestine organization known as "Beekeepers".
Everyone knows I love a good, cheesy horror film and so the trailer for The Beekeeper was pretty much catnip for me. From its self-serious tone to the one liners, I knew I’d at least have fun with this.
Unsurprisingly, The Beekeeper is a delight — a capital B B-Movie (or should I say Bee Movie) with its tongue firmly in cheek. Though it’s revenge trappings may recall <PERSON>, I felt it had even more in common with an early 90s <PERSON> flick, particularly Hard to Kill.
<PERSON> is essentially the fuckin’ Terminator here and though his lack of taking a punch bugged me at first, once he finally takes some hits from a henchman with the funniest accent I’ve ever heard, it’s great. 995
<PERSON> also attempts an American accent but even the film knows it’s bad so comes up with an excuse for it.
The villains are also just comically inept, and the committed performances by <PERSON> and <PERSON> are campy as hell — shoutout to the dudes playing the scammers too, they were hilarious.
On the whole, The Beekeeper is a fun actioner which well-deserves the buzz. Take your hive (or honey) and see it on the big screen and bee-lieve the hype. I’m so sorry. 585