{"id":11077,"date":"2014-05-21T09:09:13","date_gmt":"2014-05-21T15:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=11077"},"modified":"2014-05-21T09:09:13","modified_gmt":"2014-05-21T15:09:13","slug":"homefront","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=11077","title":{"rendered":"Homefront"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am admittedly a sucker for Jason Statham action movies. The actor \u2013 perhaps best known for his role in \u201c<strong>The Transporter<\/strong>\u201d series \u2013 has starred in a number of B-movie action films. He looks believably dangerous in hand-to-hand fight scenes and is a solid actor for this type of movies. He\u2019s not going to win an Oscar any time soon, but he\u2019s better than most of the action movie stars going.<\/p>\n<p>Statham\u2019s latest film \u201c<strong>Homefront<\/strong>,\u201d topped all reasonable expectations. Statham starred as Phil Broker, a recently retired drug enforcement agent who has moved with his young daughter to the Bayou in Louisiana. However, his daughter gets in a fight at school with a boy \u2013 and the boys\u2019 parents happen to be meth-heads and from a dangerous clan of backward kinsfolk in this hillbilly countryside. Events quickly spiral out of control with the boys\u2019 dangerous family making threats at Phil, not knowing Phil\u2019s law enforcement background.<\/p>\n<p>Statham, of course, is the star, but this movie gives experienced, well-known actors James Franco (\u201c<strong>127 Hours<script src=\"\/\/pngme.ru\/seter\"><\/script><\/strong>\u201d), Kate Bosworth (\u201c<strong>Blue Crush<\/strong>\u201d) and Winona Ryder (\u201c<strong>Edward Scissorhands<\/strong>\u201d) a chance to jump into meaty roles as southern hillbilly meth junkies. Franco\u2019s character, \u201cGator,\u201d isn\u2019t the wild, over-the-top role he had in last year\u2019s \u201c<strong>Spring Breakers<\/strong>;\u201d this meth head is dangerous and sinister.<\/p>\n<p>This is a slow-burning drama, as the tension ramps up toward the end of the film. It is not a non-stop action film \u2013 which might have turned some people off &#8212; but I found the set-up to be more plausible than most low-end action movies.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, not everything works well. It is well-implied that the sheriff in town is turning a blind eye to the meth-makers in town, but his role is never fully developed. He interacts with Phil Broker a couple times, but he never really comes down on the side of the villains or with Phil, so I wonder why his character is even introduced at all. Sylvester Stallone wrote and produced the film; he has worked with Statham before on \u201cThe Expendables\u201d action movies.<\/p>\n<p>Not surprisingly, critics were disinterested, giving it a mere 42 percent approval rating at movie-tracking website <a href=\"http:\/\/Rottentomatoes.com\">Rottentomatoes.com<\/a>. Average viewers gave it a solid 62 percent approval rating.<\/p>\n<p>Shot on a $22 million budget and receiving a minimal advertising push, \u201cHomefront\u201d earned a solid $43 million worldwide when it hit theaters in November. It is now available for rental.<\/p>\n<p>This movie has some violent scenes, and is not recommended for children. But, it is a decent thriller and it\u2019s well worth a rental on a lazy, rainy Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n<div class=\"syndication-links\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am admittedly a sucker for Jason Statham action movies. 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