After action hits like End of Watch and Sabotage, director David Ayer ventured into the superhero genre with his 2016 Suicide Squad film adaptation. The result is a comprehensive history of failure through which there’s almost nothing left of the director’s original DC vision has remained.
The first trailer for the new Ayer actioner The Beekeeper has now been released and is playing in the player above. It stars Jason Statham as a vengeful beekeeper who is actually a professional killer in disguise! For Ayer, the John Wick replacement is likely to be a very important film after his last work.
That’s what The Beekeeper with Jason Statham is about
In the film’s plot, Statham plays a beekeeper whose neighbor loses her money due to a telephone scam and then commits suicide. The protagonist therefore embarks on a merciless campaign of revenge against the rip-off company. It turns out that his calling as a beekeeper is just one Facade for an organization of former special agents and professional killers is.
Jason Statham could bring David Ayer back to blockbuster cinema
After his Suicide Squad debacle, Ayer filmed it Action fantasy mix Bright with Will Smith for Netflix. The blockbuster was immediately torn apart by critics and the streaming service finally canceled a planned sequel last year.
Ayer’s next film was the genre pickle The Tax Collector. The 18 percent average rating on Rotten Tomatoes speaks volumes about the quality of the film. It wasn’t even shown in the cinema in Germany.
The Beekeeper will show whether Ayer can possibly gain a foothold in Hollywood again. He’s now back with Jason Statham surprising star power on board and the film looks like a rough John Wick replacement with franchise potential.
The Beekeeper opens in cinemas in the USA on January 12, 2024. A German start date is yet unknown.
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