I find Jason Statham to be one of the more dependable action stars working today, although like everyone else he's made his fair share of stinkers. THE BEEKEEPER isn't one of them. It's another taut and well directed thriller from David Ayer, and it has a load of silly and preposterous nonsense in it about 'protecting the hive' and this and that which I didn't have the time for, but everything else works. After a brief but emotional set-up we're thrown into a high-stakes revenge odyssey with bone-crunching action and super-fast pacing. The action builds until a fine staircase climax which is topped by one of the fights of the year against a South African mercenary. Great fun!
Review of The Beekeeper
