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The Beekeeper (2024)
Want to see Statham's WORST film? Here it is.
Statham has done some great action films, not least the transporter series. So to watch this awful film is simply painful. Suspension of disbelief is standard for most action films, but this one requires you to take out your brain, put it in a box, and then cover it with a blanket. Ridiculous stereotypes, plot holes the size of Jupiter and, most damning for an action film, boring fight choreography as Statham plows through ever increasing numbers of baddies (and goodies) while moving to the utterly predictable ending. Indeed, the film itself seems to lose the will to live as it finishes abruptly and without florish. If only it had done that 90 minitues earlier...
Greyhound (2020)
So much unrealised potential...
This movie could have been great. A gripping subject, a thrilling environment and the challenge of fighting against both the enemy and the sea. However, Greyhound fails to bring the characters to life. Hanks is, as always, great on screen, but his own writing fails to give us enough to understand and empathise with the captain, let alone any other character who remain ciphers. Similarly, the Germans are completely ignored, their only communication through the (ridiculously implausible) radio broadcasts that insult and taunt the Allies. There was a sadly missed opportunity to show the U-boat crews and portray the enemy as human beings, rather than as an unseen terror.
Overall it's a watchable movie, but with better writing and a willingness to invest the screen time to flesh out the people, could have made a superb 6 hour mini-series.