Homefront

2013 "How far would you go to protect your home?"
6.5| 1h40m| R| en
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Phil Broker is a former DEA agent who has gone through a crisis after his action against a biker gang went horribly wrong and it cost the life of his boss' son. He is recently widowed and is left with a 9-years-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 was 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.

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Redwarmin This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place
Dorathen Better Late Then Never
AnhartLinkin This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.
Staci Frederick Blistering performances.
schles-1 Hard to believe but Stallone the writer is even worse than Stallone the actor. Idiotic, violent to the point of absurdity with no redeeming qualities what-so-ever. The only appropriate venue for the-is junk is the trash can. No normal adult could watch this from beginning to end and it is dangerously corrupting for a younger audience. It's hard to imagine how movies like this get made in the first place and in the second place to imagine anyone actually sitting through it. On a scale of 1 to 10 it deserves a 0.
Davis P Homefront truly is boosted higher by good performances by the cast. Winona Ryder really did a great job as the skanky bad girl Sheryl, she and James Franco had a really good chemistry and kinda bad guy dynamic going throughout the film. As for Jason Statham, he was perfect for his starring role, I mean could NOT have picked a better action star to lead this movie! He is sexy, rugged, tough as friggin nails, and overall a real badass, but a badass with a good big heart. Him and his daughter really had great father/daughter chemistry here, you could tell that they really had a great relationship and loved and cared about one another, which was needed for a movie like this one. Kate Bosworth is pretty darn good as well, she is almost unrecognizable here, Redneck trailer trash, anyways, she plays a well written character well here. Now as for the movie itself as a whole, it's kinda average action movie fare, nothing to distinguish it from the rest in this genre. The action and shooting sequences are pretty run of the mill, nothing all too special to see unfortunately. The plot has some nice attachments to it, like the father daughter relationship/connection that I mentioned before. Homefront tries it's hardest to be this edgy awesome new action film, but it did not accomplish that goal. It's just too average to be called awesome or even all that edgy. I mean yah there is time of crude language because of the degenerate characters, and yes, it has some rough violence to some scenes, but that still doesn't make it all that edgy. But hey, it's not a total loss, good performances all around! 6/10 for Homefront.
Bryan Kluger 'Homefront' is a strange movie to release at Thanksgiving. This violent and bloody action thriller stars Jason Statham and James Franco, with a small appearance by Winona Ryder. Based on a novel by Chuck Logan, the cheesy script was originally written by Sylvester Stallone, who doesn't seem to have grown out of the '80s action films he starred in. While Stallone is nowhere to be seen in the movie, he serves as producer and his hand-prints are all over it.In fact, this was written by Stallone a long time ago, originally as a finale for his Rambo character. The plot and story are very similar to almost every other action movie involving a single parent and a kid who get involved with bad guys. Never at any point do you think that Statham's character is in any real danger. He easily overcomes the villains, no matter how many team up on him.In a high-octane opening scene, DEA agent Phil Broker (Statham in long greasy hair) takes out a biker gang's meth lab. A car and motorcycle chase with the top drug lord ensues, and the point of the story is set in motion – Broker and his family are targeted for death.Cut to a couple of years later. Phil and his 10-year-old daughter Maddy are coping with the sudden loss of the girl's mother due to cancer, and they think that moving to a quiet town in rural Louisiana is just what they need. Since good ol' dad, who still speaks with a British accent for some reason, doesn't do cupcakes or princesses, he's taught his daughter to defend herself. When a fat bully attacks her at school, she leaves him on the schoolyard with bloody face. It turns out that the bully's parents are heavy drug users. After Phil defends himself against the druggie parents, the mom (Kate Bosworth) enlists the help of her brother, Gator Bodine (James Franco), the biggest and baddest meth dealer in the South.Franco has had an interesting year, from playing Oz to Alien to Hugh Hefner, and even himself on film. Here, he gets to have fun as a redneck asshole of epic proportions.Gator and his girlfriend (Ryder) recruit his henchman and some of the biker gang from earlier to seek revenge. What follows is a string of curse words, fight scenes and lousy dialogue. All the while, the child-in-distress scenario is hammed up and played out. I hoped that director Gary Fleder might allow Statham to use his martial arts skills to the fullest, but his camera-work is quick, choppy and uninteresting, and the action sequences are all sub-par.That being said, the movie is sort of fun, even if it's stupid fun. If you're looking for a ridiculous action movie this holiday weekend, here it is.
yashrajs536 I watched "Homefront" last night and liked it it was a good Statham movie and it was also a bit different from other action movie and that is the thing I liked the most.Statham was great at his place what to say about him and the girl who played the role of Statham daughter is also good and James Franco was a good addition to this movie but somewhat he was a Joker at some places.Other supporting cast were also good at their places and the direction was above average and good to watch the acting was good not great but a fun to watch.Overall a good Statham movie and also a bit different from his usual films.