Film Name: 养蜂人 / The Beekeeper
I had nothing better to do last night, so I took the advice of a friend from the other day and went to see The Beekeeper, an action film that came out last weekend – and it was pretty good for a mindless action thriller.
Given that the film got me through a relaxed and tight 100 minutes, let’s talk more about it.
Like this kind of simple and rough, clear goal of the film, and then go into detail logic ah, plot ah what seems to be pretentious, I think and we usually read some network fast-food novels similar, and do not want to learn from it or feel what, in the final analysis, just for a word: cool.
This I have to affirm the content arrangement and narrative rhythm of ‘The Beekeeper’, it almost removed all the non-essential flab, all the scenes, whether martial arts or literary scenes, all to set the mood as well as give the protagonist bragging rights, in other words, all in order to more effectively convey that can make people addicted to the ‘feeling of coolness! In other words, it’s all about delivering that addictive ‘coolness’ more effectively.
The story of the film is very simple, retired U.S. security organisation ‘beekeeper’ agent Clay in the countryside to raise bees, spend their twilight years, he took good care of the landlady Parker suffered a network fraud, no money left in a moment of desperation, the old lady raised a gun and committed suicide, Clay embarked on a journey of vengeance and the pursuit of justice, all the way to the highest level of the powerful and wealthy kill. .
In my opinion, The Beekeeper is more noteworthy for its literary drama, which goes to great lengths to create a sense of moral righteousness as well as a sense of contrast between Clay’s grandstanding and the rest of the world.
For example, the gullible elderly are portrayed as flatulent innocents, the fraudster is portrayed as an arrogant, pompous and repulsive casino host, and the characters of the police, FBI, and government officials are either by-the-book victims or complicit accomplices, and, in a word, just waiting for the hero to come to the heavens and deliver justice.
Two supporting characters deserve special mention: Josh Hutcherson’s rich kid Drake, and ‘Uncle Iron’ Jeremy Irons’ senior advisor Weston, who is responsible for doing bad things, being stupid, being rich, and putting on a bad face, and the latter, who is responsible for telling the former, as a full-on gamer, ‘You messed with even me. ‘You’ve messed with the super hangers-on that even I’m afraid of, and you’re screwed.’
Uncle Tie’s roles over the years have been those of the wise, the strong and the elders, and playing a retired former CIA director in The Beekeeper falls into the small category, so the contrast of watching him look terrified is extraordinarily effective; anyone else bragging about how awesome Clay is might have to be a little less persuasive.
Of course, in the end, these typical, standard, fussing plot and configuration, are the standard in the cool film, its purpose is to highlight the protagonist how bright and powerful and invincible, the film is considered to deal with relatively clean.
In contrast, the film’s action scene is slightly ordinary, feel Jason Statham also some can’t fight, many times in the film he is like a tireless humanoid machine running around, the bottom is still in, is not much highlights, if it is less of those padding of the literary scene, the coolness of the fight scene is estimated to be a lot of loss.
Lastly, let’s talk about the basic setting of the film. The ‘Beekeepers’ organisation to which Clay belongs is equivalent to a ‘Judge with a Sword’ who is not subject to government control, which can be analogous to the traditional image of a chivalrous man who has been given permission by the government to act as a knight-errant.
The film’s message is that ‘the law cannot protect the elderly and other vulnerable groups, but only protects those who are familiar with the law (the fraudsters are emboldened in the face of the officials and magistrates, and they just say “go to my lawyer”), and that the whole system is broken, and that we need to have a force from outside the system to rectify and set things right.’
This simple, one-sided and simplistic desire seems to make perfect sense in the United States, the ‘land of the litigators’, and it’s one of the premises on which the film’s story can be built.
I’m sure you’re aware of what The Beekeeper is all about, so consider checking it out if you’re interested.
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