Action iconJason Stathamcontinues to carve out a legacy as one of the best action heroes of all time, with audiences still buzzing for one of his best movies on streaming. The actor and martial artist, who has plenty more action movie fare in the pipeline, once again demonstrates his particular set of skills in 2024’sThe Beekeeper, with fans being drawn to the action thriller like a swarm of bees to their queen following the news that Statham will return forThe Beekeeper 2.
The Beekeeperfinds The Stath leading the way as the mysterious Adam Clay, a lowly beekeeper who reveals he is none other than a retired black ops assassin from an organization known as “Beekeepers” (don’t think about it too much), who embarks on a quest for revenge after his only friend is murdered. The action thriller has been ahuge success for the action starsince its release last year. Grossing $152.7 million at the worldwide box office and scoring 71% from critics and 92% from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes,The Beekeeperhas now entered the top 10 on Prime Video, trailing just behind fellow action outingsThe Accountant,Top Gun, and the lesser-knownCarjackers.
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Directed by David Ayer from a script written by Kurt Wimmer,The Beekeeperstars Jason Statham alongside Emmy Raver-Lampman, Josh Hutcherson, Bobby Naderi, Minnie Driver, Phylicia Rashad, and Jeremy Irons, and you can check out the official synopsis below.
“In The Beekeeper, one man’s brutal campaign for vengeance takes on national stakes after he is revealed to be a former operative of a powerful and clandestine organization known as “Beekeepers.””
Action Fans Are Buzzing With Excitement About ‘The Beekeeper 2’
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After waiting way too long, it has now been confirmed thatThe Beekeeper 2is officially happening, with Jason Statham all set to return. This time around, The Stath will join forces withThe Night Comes for Us, The Shadow Strays,andNobody 2director Timo Tjahjanto for the follow-up. Details are currently being kept under wraps, but Tjahjanto has potentially teased thereturn of a surprising characterin a sequel that he hopes will be titledThe Beekeeper 2: To Bee or Not Two Bee. Frankly, they’d be foolish to call it anything else.
Jason Statham continues tofly the flag for crowd-pleasing, no-nonsense action movies.And he flies that flag superbly well. The actor is all set to leadPlanedirector Jean-François Richet’sMutiny, which finds him on the run after his billionaire industrialist boss is murdered. It has also now been confirmed that Statham will also unite withAngel Has Fallendirector Ric Roman Waugh for an as-yet-untitled action tale about a recluse living on a remote Scottish island who, after rescuing a girl, unleashes a perilous sequence of events that culminate in an attack on his home, compelling him to face his turbulent history.
Just last month, Jason Statham plied his action trade all over again, reuniting with David Ayer for theSylvester Stallone-scripted thrillerA Working Man. Based on the 2014 novel “Levon’s Trade” by Chuck Dixon,A Working Manfinds The Stath starring as an ex-Royal Marines commando who, after trying to lead a quiet life as a construction worker, is asked to resurrect his skills and track down his friend’s daughter after she mysteriously goes missing.
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