It's no John Wick (or Atomic Blonde, for that matter), but it's a future basic cable staple that is as silly as it is satisfying.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | May 8, 2024

The plot becomes increasingly ridiculous, while Clay indiscriminately beats, maims and kills anyone who gets in his way – regardless of whether they’re on the right or wrong side of the law. (As if that should matter!)

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | May 4, 2024

The thought of Statham eviscerating computer scammers for 105 minutes sounds like a winning proposition, a Death Wish for the Bitcoin generation. Unfortunately, the more the story unfolds, the more convoluted it gets.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 28, 2024

Statham is terrific. He knows the action genre, and he delivers the goods. The film satisfies as it excites. The villains kicked over an allegorical hornet’s nest. If you have the winter entertainment doldrums, here’s your moviegoing cure.

Full Review | Apr 27, 2024

"The Beekeeper" is exactly what you expect: Statham’s a badass, his opponents are perpetually outmatched, and the supporting cast is made up of a selection of incredible talent who are essentially along for the ride.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 23, 2024

The Beekeeper is not a good movie. It’s not a good action movie. It’s not even a good Jason Statham action movie.

Full Review | Apr 7, 2024

Hutcherson's villain is easy to hate and is the perfect counter to Statham’s gravel voice action hero.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 3, 2024

Jason Statham stings his way up the political food chain in very stupid and very entertaining action thriller

Full Review | Original Score: 3 | Feb 28, 2024

It’s wildly fun in stretches, and being rough around the edges in a good Expendables movie way is more than forgivable.

Full Review | Feb 21, 2024

The Beekeeper is a notch above the average action movie.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 14, 2024

Delivering a strong “Go pollinate yourself” message, the over-the-top storyline is loads of fun as Statham parodies himself to protect the hive. It’s a fun, thrilling, and extremely satisfying ride.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 9, 2024

In The Beekeeper, Statham plays to his strengths. There are lots of fight scenes, a bit of growled dialogue and a series of extended moments wherein the Stathammer does what he does best.

Full Review | Feb 8, 2024

...a familiar premise that’s employed to somewhat erratic yet mostly entertaining effect...

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 7, 2024

Kurt Wimmer wrote an entire action movie based on a random fact he learned about bees, and that's great.

Full Review | Original Score: B | Feb 5, 2024

Is The Beekeeper a good movie? No. But for the most part it’s comically entertaining, which is probably more than enough to satisfy fans of Statham.

Full Review | Original Score: C+ | Feb 2, 2024

It felt like not just a missed opportunity... But so by-the-books and uninspired.

Full Review | Feb 1, 2024

With the exception of Ayer indulging several conspiracy theories mid-film, this would be a slam dunk recommendation. Still, with low expectations and a love of older action movies, the presence of Statham might convince you to see this in theatres ...

Full Review | Jan 31, 2024

Ayers threads the needle and finds the sweet spot between satire and old-school this-is-where-the-law-stops-and-I-start ’80s-action junk, complete with gratuitous gore and quippity-quip one-liners.

Full Review | Jan 31, 2024

It is relentless in its mediocrity, droning on and on through an endless parade of frantic fisticuffs and abysmal, stilted dialogue.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/10 | Jan 31, 2024

If all you want is the 'Stath' doing his thing, the film basically delivers, but if the hope is for this to do for the 'Stath' what John Wick did for Keanu or Mission Impossible did for Tom Cruise, it's a failure and a rather lame one at that.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jan 30, 2024