The Beekeeper has potential to rival John Wick, but lacks worldbuilding that made Wick successful. Despite box office success, The Beekeeper needs better lore to establish franchise longevity for Statham. The sequel should explore Beekeepers organization, Clay's backstory, and other hired guns to match Wick's depth.

The Beekeeper has the potential to be Jason Statham's version of the John Wick franchise, but the first movie did make it a bit tougher for that to come to fruition. The success of Keanu Reeves' action movies has inspired countless copycats over the last several years. While Jason Statham is already established as an action movie star, he did not have his own ongoing hitman franchise when he signed up for The Beekeeper. The original action film is not quite as direct of a John Wick clone as other modern movies, but it still borrows quite a bit.

Hopes that The Beekeeper...