Movie Review: ‘The Beekeeper’ | Moviefone

The script for this movie was written by Kurt Wimmer, whose name many people may remember. Some of his early works (e.g. Equilibrium) have received a lot of love, even if they got wildly ridiculous as the story progressed, but he has previously worked on Ultra Violet. He’s been responsible for some really bad screenplays, including . ” and remakes of “Point Break” and “Total Recall.” If you’re not a fan of Wimmer’s work, The Beekeeper is unlikely to move the needle in the positive zone, as it contains some downright stupid dialogue and situations. Lines like “If there was a back door, I would have used it” are more likely to provoke laughter than to provoke action. And don’t get us started on the multiple, honestly exhausting uses of bee terminology. Every single character, it seems, says some version of “protect the hive” or “queen bee” and if you were to start a drinking game for each time someone says a bee-related word, you’d fall out of your chair completely out of your gourd by roughly 30 minutes in. Which might be the best way to experience this movie.