Christian Toto spent his Jan. 13 Media Research Center column gushing over a new action movie:
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.
Toto went on to note that Statham’s character, Adam, “is a former ‘beekeeper,’ an assassin of sorts tasked with keeping the “hive” AKA the U.S. government in order,” though he admitted the movie is kind of a mess: “The rest is a mess, from plot threads that go nowhere (sorry, Minnie Driver) to great actors forced to say the silliest lines possible (et tu, Jeremy Irons?)” But there was one character in the film that drew Toto’s interest:
Josh Hutcherson gives the film a jolt as Derek, an entitled brat who oversees several scam outfits. Derek has connections, the kind that would protect almost anyone from harm.
Tell that to … The Beekeeper!
If Derek reminds you of someone it may not be coincidental. Derek snorts coke in the White House, drops serious cash on prostitutes and runs to his mother (Jemma Redgrave), the President of the United States, for cover.
Sound like anyone we know?
Toto didn’t actually mention that person’s name in his column, but he made it clear in his headline: “Jason Statham’s ‘Beekeeper’ Takes Out the Trash (Including Hunter Biden?)” Never mind, of course, that Derek is not the president’s son — he’s a tech executive. Toto was curiously silent about Derek’s fate in the film, as summarized elsewhere: “Derek attempts to kill his mother, but Clay kills him first and escapes through a nearby window and onto the beach.”
It appears that Toto wants to see Hunter Biden dead — and in as violent a way as possible. He seemed to be pushing things that way as he wrapped up his column:
We’ve seen such chronic malfeasance from the modern FBI and White House that Adam’s vigilante work feels more timely than ever. He’s exposing corruption at the highest levels, and as crude as Kurt Wimmer’s screenplay might be, there’s a cathartic kick to Adam’s handiwork.
In real life, the bad guys get away with almost everything. Not on the Beekeeper’s watch.
Toto could have easily referenced Donald Trump (or Elon Musk, to more closely align to Derek’s occupation) instead of Hunter Biden as his real-life example of “bad guys” who “get away with almost everything.” Wonder why he didn’t…