Homefront (2013)

best movie i've ever seen.

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Highly recommend to Jason Statham fans! Another classic action film

It happens so often in movies like this. It never ends well, and only adds undue drama to the story. Don't chase after your pet!!

The thing is with a Jason Statham movie is that you absolutely know what you will get. I don't think he ever made another movie and I doubt he could actually. It's basically always the same pattern with a slightly different story. Without spoiling anything, except if you never saw a Jason Statham movie before, he's a bad ass good guy that did pretty bad stuff to others because he's so awesome, and so he creates a ton of enemies all out for revenge. He then decides to quit that thug life and tries to be the good role model in his community but somehow at one point his past finds him and he needs to teach everybody a lesson again on how you don't mess with Statham or his family. At first it's always a gentle warning, and the bad guys don't get that, so then he has to go in full-Statham-mode and destroy everybody without him having a scratch. That's about it. If you don't like those kind of revenge stories just don't watch the Statham movies because that's basically what you get every time. I only scored it a five because it lacks originality and the acting skills aren't that great. The action is okay but all predictable. I might have scored it a bit more if it was my first Statham movie but it isn't, so there you go.

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