Homefront 720p

Homefront 720p

Phil Broker is a former DEA agent who has gone through a crisis after his actions against a biker gang went horribly wrong and it cost the life of his bosses son. He is recently widowed and is left with a 9 year old daughter, Maddy. He decides to quit the turbulent and demanding life of thrill for Maddy's sake and retires to a small town. His daughter fights off a boy who is bullying her at school, and this sets in motion a round of events that end in his direct confrontation with the local Meth drug lord. His past history with the biker gang also enters the arena, making matters more complex. But he has a mission in his mind to protect his daughter and he is ready to pay any cost that it demands.
A former DEA agent moves his family to a quiet town, where he soon tangles with a local meth druglord.
The upside: Stratham in classic form, at his scowling/ gruffly lovable/ honourable &#39;In the face of flying fists, knives n guns&#39; best. Typical &quot;young girl in varying degrees of peril&quot; set pieces, Leading to a whole heap of stratham kicking &quot;hillbilly&quot; ass with some sweet MMA inspired moves. With all this tempered by the obligatory father/daughter bonding. <br/><br/>The Downside: Gaping plot-holes into which tumbled the bulk part of the woefully under developed cast of characters (Franco&#39;s weedy small town villain, the biker-man&#39;s attack dog/ posse leader, beloved dead wife, sexy teacher/ lurve interest, the bully&#39;s hillbilly &quot;bad guys come good&quot; parents, the dodgy sheriff, Wanna Ryder&#39;s &#39;tart with a crack coated heart&#39; and even to some extent, our heroic father daughter pairing...). Added to this, Franco&#39;s best attempts at villainy made for a sneaky, yet puzzlingly satisfying antagonist. The ending was tainted by the fact that it was hardly a fair fight between the two of them after a fairly premature showdown between Jase and another hard nut... Nonetheless, I thoroughly enjoyed this bread and butter action flick and appreciated the feel good Vibes it inspired. Like any good Jason fan Will. oughta
When you combine Action with Drama, you had better have a damn good story to go along with the tremendous fight scenes and wild chases, or else you get a film that falls flat. We all know that at this point, Jason Statham is the best Action star you could have, but the jury was out on how effect he could be in a more dramatic role. In Home Front, Statham plays a retired undercover D.E.A. agent, who has recently become a single father. He and his daughter have moved from the big city to the small town, which his late wife called home, in the hopes of building a better life. Everything was going as planned until his daughter, stood up to a bully at school, and embarrassed the son of one the towns most influential families. The simple misunderstanding between children quickly escalates into an all out war, which will force Statham to use everything he learned in the D.E.A. to protect his daughter and his new home. Once again, Jason Statham was terrific in this film. It is mind boggling and seems to be impossible, but every film this man does is better than the one before it. He is on a winning streak, the likes of which I have never seen. Statham was terrific, but oddly, he&#39;s paired with an actor who doesn&#39;t have much experience playing the bad guy and it showed. James Franco plays Gator Bodine, a small time hood and drug trafficker, who goes after Statham with everything he&#39;s got, the only problem is, Bodine really isn&#39;t that bad a guy. In fact, when Franco starts cursing and playing all tough, it&#39;s almost laughable, not to mention the fact that he doesn&#39;t have a tenth of the fighting skills that Statham has. Being that this was a big budget film, Written by Sylvester Stallone (Rocky), Directed by Gary Fleder (Kiss The Girls, Runaway Jury), and starting the best action star in the game (Jason Statham), it&#39;s very peculiar that they would choose a bad guy, who is best known as a comedic actor. While the story was great, Franco simply can not match up with Statham at all. Homefront has almost everything you could want in a Thriller, but the lack of a strong, believable opponent, really calls into question just how believable the film is and makes it somewhat predictable.
A disappointing mess of a genre flick.
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