“The Beekeeper” is the best kind of bad movie — which is to say, it’s the sort that puts entertainment ahead of pretentiousness, embracing the laughter sure to accompany such an unapologetically stupid, ultra-violent premise. Starring Jason Statham in what feels like a parody of Jason Statham movies, this conspiracy-fueled action showcase tortures its central metaphor until it can only be seen as a joke, featuring the “Transporter” star as ruthless, retired government assassin-turned-benevolent beekeeper Adam Clay, who’s pushed back into berserker mode after a phishing attack targets the kindly old woman from whom he rents a barn.
If you don’t get a hearty belly laugh out of watching Statham scowl his way through the opening montage, in which Clay is shown collecting honey and tending his hives on a bucolic country estate while landlady Eloise (Phylicia Rashad) falls for a blatantly fishy online scam, then “The Beekeeper” is probably not for you.
If you don’t get a hearty belly laugh out of watching Statham scowl his way through the opening montage, in which Clay is shown collecting honey and tending his hives on a bucolic country estate while landlady Eloise (Phylicia Rashad) falls for a blatantly fishy online scam, then “The Beekeeper” is probably not for you.
- 1/10/2024
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
The basic premise of the movie Daughter is a familiar one; a woman is held captive by a dangerous man until she can make her daring escape. It’s an unfortunately timeless tale rooted in both reality and fiction, and no matter how much mileage it gains, people take notice, wanting to know how everything turns out. Yet despite its well-worn pitch, Corey Deshon’s debut feels fresh, due in large part to its visual presentation, textured characters and stimulating story. The promising director breathes much-needed new life into an often tropey subgenre of horror.
Daughter is broken into chapter points, with the first one introducing the movie’s hapless protagonist. After the previous “Daughter” (Megan Le) is snuffed out during a failed attempt to flee her captor, Casper Van Dien’s character promptly brings home a replacement. This other young woman (Vivien Ngô) is then chained up in the...
Daughter is broken into chapter points, with the first one introducing the movie’s hapless protagonist. After the previous “Daughter” (Megan Le) is snuffed out during a failed attempt to flee her captor, Casper Van Dien’s character promptly brings home a replacement. This other young woman (Vivien Ngô) is then chained up in the...
- 2/8/2023
- by Paul Lê
- bloody-disgusting.com
Stars: Casper Van Dien, Ian Alexander, Megan Le, Elyse Dinh, Vivien Ngo | Written and Directed by Corey Deshon
“The following is based more on fact than fiction.” These words appear in Daughter’s opening credits. Combined with footage of two gas-masked figures, Father, and Brother chasing down a young woman it gives the feeling that we’re about to see another piece of low budget psycho cinema. When they catch up to her Father beats her to death with a hammer, which only reinforces that impression.
Impressions can be deceiving however and Corey Deshon who makes his feature film directorial debut, having previously written Trespassers, has something very different in mind even if it isn’t immediately obvious.
When we next see Father he’s with another woman, this one tied up on the garage floor. He tells her that he doesn’t want any harm to come to her...
“The following is based more on fact than fiction.” These words appear in Daughter’s opening credits. Combined with footage of two gas-masked figures, Father, and Brother chasing down a young woman it gives the feeling that we’re about to see another piece of low budget psycho cinema. When they catch up to her Father beats her to death with a hammer, which only reinforces that impression.
Impressions can be deceiving however and Corey Deshon who makes his feature film directorial debut, having previously written Trespassers, has something very different in mind even if it isn’t immediately obvious.
When we next see Father he’s with another woman, this one tied up on the garage floor. He tells her that he doesn’t want any harm to come to her...
- 2/8/2023
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
"It fills me with joy to know that our family is whole again." Dark Star Pics has revealed an official trailer for an indie film titled Daughter, a dark mystery thriller from filmmaker Corey Deshon making his feature debut. This premiered at the UK's FrightFest last year, and will be out to watch on VOD in February. Aside from Casper Van Dien, most of the cast is Vietnamese. A young woman is inducted into a bizarre family as their new surrogate daughter. "Inspired by feminist existentialist philosopher Simone De Beauvoir's 'The Ethics of Ambiguity,' this film is a meditation on the morality and ethics of freedom and creative expression within an oppressed system. Through this surrealist psychodrama, we seek to explore the questions, 'Can one truly be free if they do not will the freedom of others?' and, 'If that freedom must come at a moral cost,...
- 1/5/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
"The whole idea of this show is to test your will to go on." Wild Eye Releasing has unveiled an official trailer for a strange horror called Human Zoo, which is the most generic descriptive name for the film possible. The internet watches live, as reality-show contestants struggle against time to see who will stay in solitary confinement the longest and take home the one million dollar prize. The film stars Robert Carradine (the younger half-brother of David Carradine), Trista Robinson, Rachel Amanda Bryant, Jose Rosete, Jessica Cameron, Megan Le, and Heather Dorff. Even though this is supposed to be commenting on snuff films, it just looks and sounds and smells like a snuff film itself. Not sure how this can be entertaining. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for John E Seymore's Human Zoo, direct from YouTube: The internet watches live, as reality-show contestants struggle against time...
- 4/29/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Exclusive: Casper Van Dien (Starship Troopers), Ian Alexander (The Oa), Vivien Ngô (Queen Sugar), Elyse Dinh (Watchmen) and Megan Le (Medical Police) have joined the indie thriller Daughter from writer and director Corey Deshon.
Marking the feature film debut for Deshon, Daughter is described as dark and surrealistic and follows a young woman who is inducted into a bizarre family to live as their new surrogate daughter.
Daughter is a co-production between Deshon’s Thirteenth Floor Pictures and the recently launched Paris and La-based production company, OneWorld Entertainment (Owe). Deshon and Ngô also produce alongside Tracy Chitupatham, Lacy Lew Nguyen Wright and Jes Vu. Matt Bradley and Laurent Fumeron will serve as executive producers.
Deshon’s script By Any Other Name was an Academy Nicholl Fellowship Semi-Finalist. His script When the Desert Was Home was also a Semi-Finalist in the Austin Film Festival Script Competition.
In addition to the cult...
Marking the feature film debut for Deshon, Daughter is described as dark and surrealistic and follows a young woman who is inducted into a bizarre family to live as their new surrogate daughter.
Daughter is a co-production between Deshon’s Thirteenth Floor Pictures and the recently launched Paris and La-based production company, OneWorld Entertainment (Owe). Deshon and Ngô also produce alongside Tracy Chitupatham, Lacy Lew Nguyen Wright and Jes Vu. Matt Bradley and Laurent Fumeron will serve as executive producers.
Deshon’s script By Any Other Name was an Academy Nicholl Fellowship Semi-Finalist. His script When the Desert Was Home was also a Semi-Finalist in the Austin Film Festival Script Competition.
In addition to the cult...
- 3/10/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
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