{"id":541356,"date":"2026-04-20T16:59:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T16:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/541356\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T16:59:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T16:59:08","slug":"jason-stathams-upcoming-162m-action-sequel-sounds-like-his-most-insane-movie-in-18-years-thats-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/541356\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason Statham’s Upcoming $162M Action Sequel Sounds Like His Most Insane Movie in 18 Years (& That’s Good)"},"content":{"rendered":"

While Jason Statham<\/a>\u2019s $162 million sleeper hit from 2024 was already one of his best action movies in years, its upcoming sequel sounds even wilder and even better than its predecessor. Jason Statham\u2019s movies<\/a> vary wildly in terms of quality, but one reliable truth has held firm since the start of the actor\u2019s onscreen career. While more self-serious Statham projects like 2005\u2019s Revolver and 2011\u2019s Blitz tend to rank among his most forgettable films, self-consciously ridiculous movies like 2006\u2019s Crank and 2021\u2019s F9 are among his best movies.<\/p>\n

Statham is at his best when his movies have their proverbial tongue painted firmly in cheek, as evidenced by the critical and commercial success of 2024\u2019s The Beekeeper<\/a>. Directed by Training Day\u2019s David Ayer, The Beekeeper<\/a> stars Statham as the eponymous mild-mannered beekeeper whose elderly friend takes her own life after losing her savings to a phishing scam. Unfortunately for the scammers, Statham\u2019s unassuming beekeeper turns out to be one of the Beekeepers, a super-secret spy organisation who protect the US behind the scenes through a whole lot of killing.<\/p>\n

Jason Statham\u2019s Sequel The Beekeeper 2 Sounds Absurd (And Absurdly Fun)<\/p>\n

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The rest of The Beekeeper\u2019s gleefully silly story sees Statham\u2019s antihero shoot, stab, and fist-fight his way through a conspiracy that involves Josh Hutcherson\u2019s privileged tech bro, his corrupt politician mother, the FBI, the CIA, and, of course, the Beekeepers themselves. While Ayer\u2019s original movie was an unexpected critical hit and a massive box office success thanks to its goofy, self-aware sense of humor, 2027\u2019s upcoming sequel, The Beekeeper 2, will not be toning things down, judging by the reactions to the footage\/trailer descriptions from CinemaCon.<\/p>\n

Per audience reactions online, The Beekeeper 2 sees Beekeepers try to take over the U.S. government, and includes a scene where Statham\u2019s character kills a henchman with a flamethrower to the face before telling them not to be \u201cso hot-headed.\u201d Statham is also seen wearing a beard of bees at one point, and there is an implication that the bees themselves can somehow heal him in what sounds like a vague attempt to justify his seemingly superhuman levels of endurance and resilience. If this all sounds absurd, that\u2019s because it is.<\/p>\n

However, this is not necessarily a bad thing for The Beekeeper 2, and may instead be the best move the sequel could make. The Beekeeper 2\u2019s audience reactions seemingly imply that the sequel will reach levels of gory, high-octane silliness not seen since Statham\u2019s earlier wild action movie sequel Crank: High Voltage<\/a>, and this has the potential to be great news for the franchise\u2019s future. After all, the last two decades of Statham\u2019s career are a testament to the fact that the star is at his best when his movies get a little absurd.<\/p>\n

Statham\u2019s Action Movies Are At Their Best When They\u2019re A Little Crazy<\/p>\n

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From the Transporter trilogy that made him a star to both of The Meg movies, Statham has never shied away from a project that everyone knew was a little silly from the jump. Since the actor has such a deadpan, stony-faced screen persona, it makes sense that the British action star gravitates toward goofier movies that contrast well with this gruff attitude. Thus, the news that The Beekeeper 2 will take the original movie\u2019s audacity to new heights is a welcome surprise, since the franchise could have shot itself in the foot by trying to treat its plot more seriously.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While Jason Statham\u2019s $162 million sleeper hit from 2024 was already one of his best action movies in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":541357,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[87152,96,480,2839,65543,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-541356","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-answer-feature","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-jason-statham","11":"tag-movies","12":"tag-the-beekeeper","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=541356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541356\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/541357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=541356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=541356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=541356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}