The Beekeeper | 2024 | R | – 1.7.10

Why is “The Beekeeper” rated R? The MPAA rating has been assigned for “strong violence throughout, pervasive language, some sexual references and drug use.” The Kids-In-Mind.com evaluation includes many fight scenes that leave people dead or wounded with some bloody wounds and splattering shown, a suicide by gunshot, several explosions that leave buildings and vehicles charred and in rubble, discussions of cybercrimes and stealing from older people, and over 110 F-words and other strong language. Read our parents’ guide below for details on sexual content, violence & strong language.

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A reclusive man (Jason Statham) that keeps bees seeks vengeance against the people that caused a woman (Phylicia Rashad) to lose everything. Also with Emmy Raver-Lampman, Bobby Naderi, Josh Hutcherson, Jeremy Irons, David Witts, Michael Epp, Taylor James, Jemma Redgrave and Minnie Driver. Directed by David Ayer. [Running Time: 1:45]

The Beekeeper SEX/NUDITY 1

 – When a woman sees the charred rubble of a barn, she says, “I lost my virginity in that barn.” A man accuses a younger man of spending his money on “sex workers.”
► A woman wears an off-the-shoulder dress that reveals her back and cleavage. A woman wears shorts that reveal her legs to the upper thighs. Women wear low-cut dresses that reveal cleavage at a party.

The Beekeeper VIOLENCE/GORE 7

 – A man fights many armed men, incapacitating and killing many of them: we see an elevator rigged to explode and bodies fall all around with splatters of blood, several men are shot with blood spurting, one man is struck by a car and thrown off, several men open fire in a call center sending sparks all around and people take cover, and one man draws a hatchet and fights with the first man until he hits him in the head with a fire extinguisher and he falls to the floor. A man enters a call center where he tells people to leave and warns them that there is going to be a fire; he punches a man in the nose and beats another man with a telephone handset, he pours gasoline around the room and on computers, four security guards move toward him and he fights them with punches and flips, one man lands on the floor and his throat slams against a laptop cover (we see a spurt of blood), the first man attaches an explosive device to a can of gasoline and when a call comes in a spark ignites the liquid causing an explosion and we later see the charred building in rubble and hear that four people did not survive. A man is shot in the chest (we see the bloody wound briefly). A young man is shot in the head (we see blood spurt and blood is shown caked in his hair later).
► Several gunmen follow a man into a barn where he starts several motorized tools (we hear them running); the gunmen shoot through a heavy curtain when they see the man’s silhouette, they tip over shelves with many jars of honey, the man holds a screwdriver to the eye of one gunman and wraps a chain around his throat (we see him hanging from the ceiling later), he presses the barrel of a gun into another gunman’s mouth and shells eject seemingly through the man’s nostrils, another gunman is slammed in the throat with a gun barrel and falls dead with blood at the entry point, and a final man’s hand is placed in a saw blade cutting off his fingers (we see the stumps and blood). A man punches another man seated in a car, pulls him out and wraps a belt around his arms and torso that is attached to a pickup truck; the attacker engages the truck and it speeds off a bridge dragging the wrapped up man behind it and into water below as he screams (the body is shown in a body bag later and we see stumps and bones of missing fingers on one hand).
► A truck slams into another vehicle in a gas station and a woman gets out of the truck with a large weapon and shoots around the gas pumps, other vehicles and two officers in a police car; she and a man fight with punches, kicks and throws and the woman uncovers a mounted gun in her truck and shoots, and the man throws a jar of honey on the woman and lights the liquid (we see the woman in flames, she falls to the ground screaming, and the man cuts one of her fingers off and leaves as the gas station erupts in flames). A man arrives at an office building with two tanks filled with flammable liquid, he is confronted by two guards that he punches and leaves incapacitated after taking their weapons and then goes into the building. A man plants explosives in security vehicles and they later explode throwing people and leaving the vehicles in flames. Men in a car follow another man and they stop to shoot up several bee boxes (we hear bees buzzing as they swarm out of the boxes and honey spurts). A man fights many armed people and several are thrown over railings in a stairwell, he fights with one man in an extended sequence with glass breaking, and each man is stabbed with blood shown; one man is stabbed several times leaving him with a gash in the throat that pours blood as he falls motionless.
► We see a video of a man fighting many SWAT team members and leaving them all incapacitated. A man is held on a desk and questioned while having a stapler slammed into his head and hand; the man yells and refuses to answer the questions. A man twists another man’s hand and we hear cracking bones. A man arrives at a woman’s house and hears the smoke alarm ringing, he enters the house and finds a gun on the floor with a spot of blood next to it; a woman holds a gun to his head and handcuffs him as we see a woman in a chair nearby with a bloody gunshot wound on her chest. A man uses a severed finger to access a warehouse where he takes weapons and a vehicle.
► A man throws an agent to the floor and holds a gun on him (he does not shoot). Many armed people follow a man through a crowded party, he is held at gunpoint and one man moves closer to him with a gun to his head until explosions distract him. A man jumps through a window breaking it and goes over a fence landing on a beach where he suits up in diving gear and swims away.
► A SWAT team moves through an office building and they are confronted by a security detail that tells them to leave. A woman is convinced by a man on the phone that her computer data will be lost if she doesn’t download something and enter her master password; when she does, all of her funds are instantly stolen. We see that a man has a prosthetic leg. Security details and dogs examine vehicles as they enter a compound.
► Electronic messages read to “terminate” a man with a reply that reads, “Ooo fun. LOL.” A man is identified as being a “known mob associate.” A man accuses a younger man of throwing tantrums. A man tells a woman that her son has “made his bed” when she calls the man to help her son. A person says that they want to throw up. A woman says that hornets scare her to death.
► A man covers a hornet’s nest with a bag and destroys the hornets with a zap of electricity (we hear buzzing, then a zap and no more buzzing). Opening credits are accompanied by bees moving in and around hives and creating honey; we read headlines about “murder hornets” devastating bee populations. We see an illustration of a bee’s anatomy.

The Beekeeper LANGUAGE 10

 – About 111 F-words and its derivatives, 2 sexual references, 19 scatological terms, 12 anatomical terms, 4 mild obscenities, name-calling (stubborn, lunatic, white knighting, untouchable, work wife, queen slayer, disgruntled customer, loser, scumbags, crazy, ghost, yahoo, dog), exclamations (LOL in an electronic message), 2 religious profanities (GD), 10 religious exclamations (e.g. Holy [F-word and scatological term deleted], oh my God, so help me God, Jesus Christ, Jesus, God help you). | profanity glossary |

The Beekeeper SUBSTANCE USE

 – A man remarks about someone running a “metaverse meth lab,” a young man snorts cocaine and his mother enters the room and slaps his hand, and a young man snorts cocaine during an argument. A woman offers a man some brandy and pours some in her cup of coffee, a man drinks a glass of whiskey, people drink wine with a meal, people drink beer and champagne at a house party, a young man drinks from a glass of liquor, and a man asks a woman if she is sober enough to drive. A man smokes in a meeting, and a woman smokes a cigarette in an office and gives it to a young man when she leaves the room.

The Beekeeper DISCUSSION TOPICS

 – Data mining, fraud, theft, suicide, cryptocurrencies, aging, cybercrimes, FBI, CIA, right and wrong, truth, money, power, sacrifice, clandestine government programs, political campaigns.

The Beekeeper MESSAGE

 – When the law fails, sometimes there is no other way to resolve a situation but to take matters in your own hands.