(Mild to Full Spoilers throughout)
In the Beekeeper, directed by David Ayer and fairly tightly written by Kurt Wimmer, Jason Stratham is a literal beekeeper who is tending bee hives and making jars of honey for Phylicia. Rashad, a retired teacher from whom he has been renting a barn and has been a good friend for an unknown amount of time.
He is also retired, but his quiet life is ripped apart when his friend is the victim of computer fraud and is tricked into giving the anonymous people on the phone all her savings and those of a charity she created and manages. Distraught, she kills herself. That's when Stratham's Adam Clay springs into action, vowing to find and punish thise responsible for the theft.
He rather quickly finds the call center that was responsible for bilking his friend, burning it to the ground. Clearly, Clay has had some connections, and paramilitary training. We infer (but it's not explicit until an hour into the film) that he is retired from a secret government agency that watches over all levels of society.
He doesn't stop there, though. Beekeepers, even retired ones, are tanacious. Like bees from which his kind take their inspiration.
But he's not alone. While he is seeking vengeance, his friends daughter, FBI Agent Verona Parker (played by Emmy Raver-Lampman) seeks justice for her mother, and keeps Clay in line. Sonewhat.
Derek Danforth (Hunger Games actor Josh Hutcherson) is next in Clay's sights, since his family's company, Danforth Enterprises, runs srveral call centers. We soon learn that it's a very well connected company indeed.
Danforth is a drug-using pretty boy, protected by former CIA Director Wallace Westwyld, played by veteran actor Jeremy Irons, who is paid by the family to keep Derek out of troustarsWhen he discovers the truth about Clay, ven he's terrified.
Clay continues rampaging, attacking a Boston call center and getting info about Derek's involvement. He's undeterred, spelling out what's to come.
But Parker, also on the trail, has alerted higher ups, including the Deputy FBI Director, who gives her the resources she needs, and meets with the President (Jemma Redgrave) who happens to be Derek's mother.
No more details, because it's about the end when you realize who she is and what may come. But there are a couple of surprises and it looks like as sequel and actual Beekeeper franchise might be set up by the ending. Let's hope so.
Violent? Yes, in parts. Some flaws? Very few. Big actors doing great acting? Definitely. See it if you enjoyed Stratham in the Transporter film, see this.
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