stevenrotherforth HomefrontWhere have all the heroes gone? Didn't Bonnie Tyler sing something about that? In a world where today's action heroes are a bit limp it's nice to see that at least Jason Statham can compare to the action heroes of the 80's This is probably why Sylvester Stallone chose Statham to be his right hand man in The Expendables.Speaking of Mr Stallone this movie is a product from his very own pen. Homefront is based on the novel by Chuck Logan and adapted for screen by Rocky himself. Originally a vehicle for Sly, I believe the choice of putting Statham in the lead role was a very wise one indeed. Don't get me wrong Stallone would have done a good job but Statham seems more believable in this role.Home front focus's on a retired DEA agent who resides in a small backwater town. When he and his child fall foul of the local Rednecks Phil Broker (Statham) must fight for their safety.Homefront is a simple movie. One that harks back to the action flicks of the 70's and 80's. With a impressive cast including James Franco. Winona Ryder, Kate Bosworth and Clancy Brown, this film should be sure to please. In most parts it does. Take aside the finale which does venture into the town of OTT, this is a decent action drama. I say drama. Jason Statham gets to flex his acting muscles a little more than usual but I don't think he'll be troubling Daniel Day Lewis any time soon.The biggest problem with Homefront is that Director Gary Fleder doesn't allow Statham to do what he's best at. Kick ass convincingly! Once again we are treated to Shaky cam syndrome. There really is no need. Jason Statham is one of the best action/ martial arts stars working today. Why not step the camera back a bit and let the audience see what's going on. This is a common gripe of mine with action movies of today. It's ok if you have a star that isn't very good in the ass kickery department but Statham is a living legend. James Franco excels in a rare villainous role as does Kate Boswell as his junkie sister. I'm sure she must have lost weight for the role as she's painfully thin here. With the likes of Winona Ryder and Frank Grillo under utilised it's up to good old Statham to carry the show. Homefront is a worthy way to spend 1hr 40mins but with such a short runtime certain characters and sub-plots don't get fleshed out. The romance between Broker and school teacher Susan never has time to blossom. I kind of get the feeling that much of the character development was left on the cutting room floor. Sad really as this could have allowed Homefront to be much more than just another throw away action flick.

Python Hyena 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

Jennifer Young Just to balance the low rates from film snobs, this movie was 100% awesome. I like film, attend film festivals, travel but by no means consider myself a film expert- just a normal Cali girl who haven't seen much Jason Statham. But, he is crazy sexy and I liked the action- not normally my thing and Winona Ryder was great! Had no idea Stallone wrote other than seeing him hang at The Rainbow Bar- so impressed!! Kinda cool plot because I know an agent who relocated to Maui, had to change it up. Tortured soul from heavy underground work. Loved how James Franco Performed. And, he adopts the black cats in this film! Love! New Jason fan and action film fan! I know men like him are like UNICORNS- it's a role and they don't exist but my lord! Wow! Those eyes!

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.