Jason Statham is currently tearing it up in theaters with his new action thriller, Mutiny, but as fun as “Die Hard on a boat” is, it wasn’t as well-received by viewers as one of The Stath’s other intense movies, which has just landed a new streaming home ahead of the anticipated sequel. Released in 2024, the high-octane action hit sees Statham out for revenge after one of his close friends falls victim to a phishing scam, losing everything in the process.
Jason Statham Teams with David Ayer For a Non-Stop Action Smash
Hitting theaters on Jan. 12, 2024, The Beekeeper features the first pairing of Statham and director David Ayer, who was best known up to that point for helming such hits as End of Watch and Suicide Squad. The two enjoyed working together so much that they reunited a year later for A Working Man, which also became a successful action thriller.
Starring Statham as Adam Clay, a highly skilled but retired assassin, The Beekeeper sees him living a quiet life with very few friends. The one person he is relatively close to is Eloise Parker, a retired school teacher from whom he rents space from to tend to his many bee hives. When a phishing scam steals her life savings, Eloise abruptly ends her life, sending Clay on a mission to destroy all those responsible.
Discovering that the scam is connected to a sophisticated criminal organization with links to powerful people, Clay is forced to work his way video game-style through increasingly dangerous layers before getting to the final boss. Of course, everyone expects he’ll never make it there, but Clay is no ordinary assassin. He was once a member of an elite organization known as the Beekeepers, and as such, has an almost superhuman level of skills that make him someone not to be messed with.
While The Beekeeper was another Statham being Statham movie, it at least tried to differentiate itself by creating a John Wick-like mythology. The formula worked, as though it’s rated just 71% by critics on Rotten Tomatoes, viewers gave it a Verified Hot score of 92%, making The Beekeeper Statham’s third-highest rated movie on the website.
‘The Beekeeper’ Lands New Streaming Home Ahead of Sequel
Currently, The Beekeeper is available to stream with a subscription to Prime Video, but all that will change next month. The hit action thriller that grossed more than 4x its budget will arrive on Peacock on Sept. 1, 2026. That means it will be opened up to a whole new streaming audience just in time for the sequel, which is slated to hit theaters next year.
Once again starring Statham as Adam Clay, The Beekeeper 2 will see Ayer stay on as a producer while handing directing duties over to Timo Tjahjanto. Also returning to reprise their respective roles are Emmy Raver-Lampman, Bobby Naderi, Jemma Redgrave, and Jeremy Irons, who will make room for newcomers Yara Shahidi, Pom Klementieff and Adam Copeland. Said to be even bigger than the first film, you can look for it to open nationwide on Jan. 15, 2027.
Release Date
January 12, 2024
Runtime
105 minutes
Director
David Ayer
