IMDb Review: Homefront1 of 1
6.2/10 Homefront is the 119th movie that James Franco has appeared in this year. Millennium and Open Road films should be commended for letting him reach this historic milestone by counter-programming this standard "protect your stuff" action flick against the other Thanksgiving fare. It's like allowing your running back, who is just shy of breaking the league's rushing record for the season, back on the field during the last minutes of the game for some yardage.
Other than that, though, there isn't a lot to thank anyone associated with this production for. I still hold out hope that Jason Statham will follow in the footsteps of Bruce Willis and do something more with the talents he has that don't include sweeping the legs. He is not helping me stay positive with Homefront. Neither is the very talented but not very selective Mr. Franco who plays a meth trafficker whose itchy, cranky sister (played by the rail-thin Kate Bosworth) convinces him to get revenge on a local contractor (Statham) for a schoolyard fight, not realizing the contractor is an ex-cop in hiding.
The screenplay was written by Sylvester Stallone, adapting a well-reviewed airport book by Chuck Logan. Now, in 1976 having Sylvester Stallone write your film was a good thing, the same year that having Bruce Jenner on the Wheaties box was a good thing. Neither are a good thing now. In Mr. Logan's book there are two main characters, a U.S. Army Major, Nina Pryce, just back from a devastating tour of Afghanistan and her husband, the aforementioned ex-undercover detective, Phil Broker. Statham plays Broker. The Major, the mother and reportedly one-half of the heart and soul of the book, is dead at the outset of the film. So too, is this bayou broiler, neither exciting nor emotionally involving.
But who the heck cares? Congrats James Franco on #119!!
Other than that, though, there isn't a lot to thank anyone associated with this production for. I still hold out hope that Jason Statham will follow in the footsteps of Bruce Willis and do something more with the talents he has that don't include sweeping the legs. He is not helping me stay positive with Homefront. Neither is the very talented but not very selective Mr. Franco who plays a meth trafficker whose itchy, cranky sister (played by the rail-thin Kate Bosworth) convinces him to get revenge on a local contractor (Statham) for a schoolyard fight, not realizing the contractor is an ex-cop in hiding.
The screenplay was written by Sylvester Stallone, adapting a well-reviewed airport book by Chuck Logan. Now, in 1976 having Sylvester Stallone write your film was a good thing, the same year that having Bruce Jenner on the Wheaties box was a good thing. Neither are a good thing now. In Mr. Logan's book there are two main characters, a U.S. Army Major, Nina Pryce, just back from a devastating tour of Afghanistan and her husband, the aforementioned ex-undercover detective, Phil Broker. Statham plays Broker. The Major, the mother and reportedly one-half of the heart and soul of the book, is dead at the outset of the film. So too, is this bayou broiler, neither exciting nor emotionally involving.
But who the heck cares? Congrats James Franco on #119!!
PeopleJason Statham, James Franco, Izabela Vidovic
TitlesHomefront
CountriesUnited Arab Emirates, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Ecuador, Egypt, France, United Kingdom, Hong Kong, Indonesia, India, Italy, South Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, Philippines, Poland, Sweden, Singapore, Thailand, Turkey, Taiwan, United States, South Africa
LanguagesEnglish