Wu Jingjing, chief reporter of Elephant News Oriental News
Jason Statham's new movie is about to meet fans. The crime action movie "The Beekeeper" starring him was recently screened at the Oscars Shanghai Studios, and some fans experienced a hearty audio-visual feast in advance. "It's really fun! "I can't get enough of it"!"I have a hunch that there will be a second episode!"...... After watching the first cool film in 2024, many Zhengzhou viewers have a pretty good evaluation of "The Beekeeper".
The movie "The Beekeeper" is directed by David Ayer, written by Kurt Wiemo, starring Jason Statham and Josh Hutcherson, and will be released simultaneously worldwide on January 12. The film tells the story of agent Clay (played by Jason Statham) who retired and became a beekeeper, and committed suicide because of the landlord's online fraud. The film is also Jason Statham's first release in 2024, in which he creates a new screen image - Clay is both a kind beekeeper and a mysterious agent with high force value, with his justice, wisdom, strength and faith, he breaks through many hurdles and achieves revenge.
In the film, Jason Statham uses different acting methods to interpret Clay's dual identity. As an ordinary beekeeper, Clay is kind and warm, but under his quiet face is sympathy and understanding of the misfortunes of others. As a vengeful retired agent, Clay is ruthless in the face of the cold and cruel scammers, alternating between fist-to-flesh action scenes, shocking explosion scenes, gun strafing and hand-to-hand combat, etc., bringing a sense of excitement and realism to the screen, and also bringing fans a refreshing and enjoyable viewing experience.
Of course, in addition to the cool picture, the plot is also a cool film configuration. The film pays attention to one of the hotly discussed topics at home and abroad in recent years - Internet fraud. High-level groups have created tens of billions of fraud groups and abyssal shady scenes for their own interests, ruthlessly devouring the funds and assets of ordinary people, while criminals use the Internet to commit crimes to make their whereabouts more difficult to find, and also set up many risks for Clay's revenge actions. But Clay is not afraid of the powerful criminal group, with a special agent skill "real killing" revenge, fierce battle to the end, straight to the final mastermind behind the scenes, the ultimate behind-the-scenes mastermind and its online fraud group are wiped out, and the method of punishing the wicked is also ruthless and happy.
In fact, the main creative team of the movie "The Beekeeper" has a number of masterpieces with box office appeal. For example, director David Ayer is good at directing war, action, and police and bandit themes, and he co-wrote and produced "Training Day" and "Hunting U-571" which have won multiple Oscar nominations, and his popular IP "Fast and Furious" has accumulated an average box office of 1.2 billion in mainland China. Screenwriter Kurt Wiemo's representative works include "Extreme Thief", "Total Recall", "The Expendables: The End", etc., and his films released in China have also achieved good box office results, so in terms of film quality, it is also considered by fans to be "a cool film with a tight rhythm and a smooth story".