HOMEFRONT DVD (2013)

SYNOPSIS: HOMEFRONT stars Jason Statham as former drug enforcement agent, Phil Broker, a family man who moves off the grid with his daughter, to a seemingly quiet bayou backwater to escape his troubled past. However, Broker’s world soon becomes anything but quiet once he discovers that an underbelly of drugs and violence riddles the small town. Soon, a sociopathic methamphetamine kingpin, Gator Bodine (James Franco) puts Broker and his daughter in harm’s way forcing Broker back into action in order to save his family and the town.

MOVIE REVIEW:

No one dares to mess with Jason Statham unless you are James Franco, the talented actor, writer and director.

Unsurprisingly, Statham plays a tough-as-nails, ex-DEA agent Phil Broker who choses to move to the countryside with his daughter, Maddy after his last undercover mission went wrong. Franco on the other hand plays a twisted small time meth-dealer, Gator Bodine. Selling Broker’s whereabouts to Broker’s enemy with the intention of expanding his drug business landed Gator in deep trouble while Broker’s peaceful life with his daughter is once again disrupted. 

Subtly is not exactly one of Sylvester Stallone’s strongest traits as he demonstrates in the screenplay for Homefront. Stallone while not appearing in the movie pints all his hopes on his Expendables franchise co-star and ultimately, Statham never disappoints with his usual nose-cracking and balls-kicking antics in this old-fashioned actioner shot in New Orleans.

Between all the punches and fistfights, there’s an interesting cast assembled by director Gary Fleder and probably Stallone himself who also produces. Kate Bosworth (Superman Returns) portrayed Bodine’s meth-addicted sister and she’s amazing despite her brief scenes. Another familiar face, Winona Ryder if you can still recall the leading actress of Edward Scissorhands andReality Bites appears as Bodine’s sleazy girlfriend.

Homefront is generally a good enough action flick for fans of the genre. The reliable Statham is always perfect in his badass mode though its pretty refreshing watching Franco acting all weird again after his Academy Award stint.    

SPECIAL FEATURES:

Featurettes is a three minutes promo reel consisting of short interviews with Stallone, Franco and Statham. There are 9 minutes of Deleted Scenes and a Photo Gallery.

AUDIO/VISUAL:

In terms of visual, the DVD looks nice and natural while the Dolby Digital 5.1 is loud, aggressive and dynamic, an excellent track for Homefront.

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Review by Linus Tee