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!!

Homefront is a simple crime / action movie with Jason Statham who plays ex-DEA agent Phil Broker (again an ex-something, it's getting old..) who tries to settle down with his nine year old daughter in a quiet town. Things don't stay quiet long for Broker after his daughter knocks out a bully at school and he get's in a fight with the bully's parents. This incident draws a lot of unwanted attention to Broker, including the local drug lord Bodine (James Franco) who wants to know why Broker taught his daughter to fight like that. Can Broker shake this attention off and keep his new quiet life or not? Since it is a Statham movie, my expectations where not high but this movie was still below average. The characters where hardly worked out as believable people, there was no chemistry between Statham and the girl who is supposed to be his daughter and the story is so simple that you already know how it's going to end after watching the first twenty minutes. James Franco didn't work for me as the main bad guy, he hardly did anything to look like a bad-ass. Winona Ryder plays his girlfriend but she was probably having a bad day or something: worst performance I have seen from her so far. There was also some weird effect where they show bits of the next scene in the current scene, to make the transition between the two scenes 'special'? It looked awful and didn't work at all. It's not the worst Statham movie but if your looking for a mindless action movie your better off watching 'Killer Eliter' or 'Blitz' instead of this one.

A former DEA agent moves his family to a quiet town, where he soon tangles with a local meth drug-lord. I got to see Homefront 3 years ago in a Theater later on as the years passed i got the DVD and let me tell ya this is one of Jason Statham's best movies next to Transporter 1 + 2 and The Expendables Trilogy. The reason why i loved this movie is because of 4 reasons Stallone wrote the script, Statham kicks butt, Great Father + Daughter relationship and the cast is pretty cool the best job in the cast except Statham for me was Frank Grillo his fight scene with Broker was pretty cool. Now the problems with the film for me was definitely James Franco the dude just wasn't scary and he just felt like he was in control when he had the gun when Jason grabbed him and kicked the crap out of him the film kinda ended quickly there when the enemy just isn't that great the movie just falls apart and Winona Ryder's character is very limited. Other than that with those 2 problems i mentioned this is still a pretty cool action movie. Happy 49th Birthday Jason Statham!!!

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