Jason Statham’s character in “The Beekeeper” takes his gig literally.
He’s a retired military asset who once worked for a secret group of spies dubbed the Beekeepers.
And, in his spare time, he’s a beekeeper.
If literal action movies are your bag, Statham’s latest is Manna from Heaven. Everyone else will wish the film’s poetic opening didn’t get fumigated so quickly.
Statham stars as Adam Clay, a hulking figure who tends to his bees with a delicate touch. He’s been taken in by an older woman named Eloise (Phylicia Rashad), whose kindness isn’t lost on Adam.
They don’t share much screen time, but the actors make those seconds count.
Eloise is quickly ensnared in a phishing scheme, and when she loses every penny of her life savings she takes her own life. That…
