The Homefront
zymentanThe Homefront
http://urllio.com/r1gsbPhil 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.
Homefront (2013): Dir: Gary Fleder / Cast: Jason Statham, James Franco, Winona Ryder, Kate Bosworth, Chuck Zito: Idiotic action thriller about what matters most either to the hero or to the locals. It stars Jason Statham as an undercover cop who uncover a meth operation and a shootout erupts that results in the death of the son of the guy he is taking down. Cut ahead a couple years and widowed Statham moves his young daughter to a small town where trouble begins when his daughter beats the tar out of the school bully. The parents of the bully confront Statham despite his willingness to make amends. This is standard issue crap that consists of numerous scenes of Statham beating locals like a pinata at a birthday party. When a motorcycle gang makes an attempt on him it becomes laughable as each moron meets a tragic encounter due to stupidity. Gary Fleder previous made Kiss the Girls and Runaway Jury. This is definitely not a step up. We have great talent doing formula garbage. Statham does combat. James Franco plays the bad ass villain out to scare Statham and predictably gets his ass handed to him. Winona Ryder plays Franco's stripper girlfriend who kidnaps Statham's daughter in a laughable sequence. Kate Bosworth had potential as the bully's mother on drugs who is Franco's sister. Unfortunately her screen time becomes distant as it drones on. Chuck Zito plays the gang leader in the film's opening when Statham is undercover. Its theme of bullying is a shield for the film's real deal, which is Statham doubling bad guys as punching bags and soccer balls. Score: 2 / 10
The one thing I knew about 'Homefront' before I watched it was the, originally, Sylvester Stallone was attached to the project and had notions of turning it into part of his 'Rambo' franchise. However, as he was getting on in age, he passed on it, handing it over to his Expendables co-star, Jason Statham. So, meet a hybrid of Rambo and Jason – 'Jambo!' Here, the 'Stath' drops his attempts at putting on an American accent and plays an (oddly British) DEA agent who moves to a small town with his daughter to escape some particularly nasty drug lords. However, Jambo, never being one to shy away from trouble, soon finds himself at odds with the local rednecks (and yet more drug-type nasties). These come in the form of James Franco and Winona Ryder, both of who don't seem to put as much menace in their performances as their acting abilities dictate they could have done. Kate Bosworth does well at portraying one of the 'white-trash' locals - in fact... she plays her part a little too well. I had to look at her name in the credits to find out it was actually her! Don't expect too much 'Transporter-esque' punching and kicking in the fight scenes. It's more on a par of what you'd see in your average Arnie/Sly action movie of the eighties. Plus there's quite a few clichés the movie adheres to, i.e. Stath's black best friend (and we all know what happens to black best friends in Hollywood), plus the fact that Stath is a single parent who obviously meets the one beautiful, single woman in the town who's totally into single fathers.<br/><br/>If you're a fan of the Stath in general, this will be a reasonable addition to your collection of his work. Plus seeing as some of his recent efforts (baring Expendables movies) have been a little 'samey.' Plus Homefront is also a solid little action thriller which should keep fans of the genre happy. Just don't expect anything too groundbreaking, only some harmless head-slitting from our balding, British baddass.<br/><br/>http://thewrongtreemoviereviews.blogspot.co.uk/
Homefront is done in by uninspired action scenes in which Statham’s athletic prowess is rendered unwatchable by hyper-editing, a shameful reliance on child-in-peril cliches to move the story forward, and so many loose ends that you wonder if 20 minutes were accidentally cut out from the movie.
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