The Beekeeper (2024)

This is classically Jason Statham, from the get go to the very end. Full out action, with he as the lone ranger seeking vengeance against a far more numerous and better armed opponent. He is a total bad as with a certain elegance to his killing machine. Statham's character is named Adam Clay, a modern upgrade to Clint Eastwood's The Man with No Name. We don't know anything about Adam except that he lives out in the country raising bees and selling their honey, and that he's played by Statham, which means he's no ordinary beekeeper. His best friend is an older woman named Eloise Parker, who lives in the farmhouse near his and rents him space in her barn. According to Adam, Eloise is the only person who ever took care of him. Eloise makes the terrible mistake of responding to a phishing scam from a data mining company that empties her bank account as well as the account of a nonprofit she helped found, leading to tragedy. Adam trades his beekeeper uniform for commando gear and disguises, and works his way up the criminal food chain, doing what the law won't--seeking vengeance on people who pray in the elderly and less fortunate. There is no confusion about who the good guys and the bad guys are, and while this is definitely not a good movie, we are all rooting for Adam Clay.