I didn't quite understand the whole philosophy behind the 'beekeeper' and how he deals with the hive and all that. It sounded very convoluted, and quite frankly, the metaphor made zero sense.
But that was the least of the problems with this movie. It starts off confusing - the woman (Eloise Parker) Jason Statham's character Adam Clay is staying with, gets scammed and takes her life. Wait, this elderly lady is packing a semi automatic pistol in the house? I was expecting that it would turn out she was murdered by the people who's money she lost. There was burning food on the stove, so that seemed like a clue. Nope, she really did do herself in. No attempt to talk to anybody, including her daughter, an FBI agent, to try to fix the situation. The daughter by the way, was dull, and fell shoehorned in. If the daughter stopped showing up in the film, you wouldn't have noticed she was missing.
Going back to what sets off Adam Clay in the first place. Statham just happens to drop off a jar of honey at the same time that Parker's daughter happens to show up, and they both see Mother Parker dead. And we learn soon after that she hardly visited her mother, but just happened to visit the house this exact second, no reason. I was expecting that she would say 'my mom's burglar alarm was tripped and I was called to check it out', but nope, just random.
Then throughout the movie, Adam Clay goes on a rampage burning down the companies and subcompanies run by the scammer. The big twist, which was also pointless, was this spoiled brat scammer was the son of the current US (woman) president. What? How did that even matter to the story?
What is really odd as well, was that Statham's character went on killing people, and beating up law enforcement, but at no time did he show he even know how or tried, to get back any of the money. The charity was still out $2million at the end of the film, and that was pretty much it. He had one big fight with a merc at the end who for whatever reason, it was decided giving him an artificial leg would be a useful plot device. It didn't add much to the fight scene at all.
Also disappointing was the earlier fight scene where the 'current' beekeeper is sent to deal with Adam Clay, the former one. SHE goes on a murder rampage at a gas station with a mini gun, and nobody in Law Enforcement seems even mildly astonished at the scale of the damage. It was hilarious how bad this scene was done.
Overall a movie that I only give 2 stars because some of the fight scenes were well done, but overall, a waste of time to watch.
But that was the least of the problems with this movie. It starts off confusing - the woman (Eloise Parker) Jason Statham's character Adam Clay is staying with, gets scammed and takes her life. Wait, this elderly lady is packing a semi automatic pistol in the house? I was expecting that it would turn out she was murdered by the people who's money she lost. There was burning food on the stove, so that seemed like a clue. Nope, she really did do herself in. No attempt to talk to anybody, including her daughter, an FBI agent, to try to fix the situation. The daughter by the way, was dull, and fell shoehorned in. If the daughter stopped showing up in the film, you wouldn't have noticed she was missing.
Going back to what sets off Adam Clay in the first place. Statham just happens to drop off a jar of honey at the same time that Parker's daughter happens to show up, and they both see Mother Parker dead. And we learn soon after that she hardly visited her mother, but just happened to visit the house this exact second, no reason. I was expecting that she would say 'my mom's burglar alarm was tripped and I was called to check it out', but nope, just random.
Then throughout the movie, Adam Clay goes on a rampage burning down the companies and subcompanies run by the scammer. The big twist, which was also pointless, was this spoiled brat scammer was the son of the current US (woman) president. What? How did that even matter to the story?
What is really odd as well, was that Statham's character went on killing people, and beating up law enforcement, but at no time did he show he even know how or tried, to get back any of the money. The charity was still out $2million at the end of the film, and that was pretty much it. He had one big fight with a merc at the end who for whatever reason, it was decided giving him an artificial leg would be a useful plot device. It didn't add much to the fight scene at all.
Also disappointing was the earlier fight scene where the 'current' beekeeper is sent to deal with Adam Clay, the former one. SHE goes on a murder rampage at a gas station with a mini gun, and nobody in Law Enforcement seems even mildly astonished at the scale of the damage. It was hilarious how bad this scene was done.
Overall a movie that I only give 2 stars because some of the fight scenes were well done, but overall, a waste of time to watch.
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