_WARNING: THE FOLLOWING RED-BAND TRAILER MAY BE NSFW._ Jason Statham is back in action as a ruthless assassin in the upcoming thriller _The Beekeeper_. The film follows “one man’s brutal

campaign for vengeance takes on national stakes after he is revealed to be a former operative of a powerful and clandestine organization known as ‘Beekeepers,’” according to a press release.

The red band trailer — which dropped on Wednesday — shows Statham in full action mode as Mr. Clay, kicking and shooting his way through enemy territory alongside a cast, including Josh

Hutcherson, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Minnie Driver, Bobby Naderi, Phylicia Rashad and Jeremy Irons. The first scene in the trailer is rather peaceful — Mr. Clay has just created a garden with

suited men with guns, asking, “You know what they do here? Scamming the weakest in our society.” “Buddy, I’m counting to three,” one of them says, to which Statham’s character replies, “One,

two, three. There I did it for you,” before punching the men to the concrete and launching the trailer into a world of gunfire, helicopters and backflips against a backdrop of crime and

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HUMAN-INTEREST STORIES. Directed by David Ayer (_Suicide Squad_) and written by Kurt Wimmer (_Expend4bles_), _The Beekeeper _promises to up the ante in the latest slam-bang explosion-fueld

Jason Statham adventure, packed with one-liners like "I'm gonna burn this place to the ground" and "You're goddamn right I'm a problem." _The Beekeeper _is

only in theaters January 12, 2024