Homefront (2013 film)

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Homefront
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Gary Fleder
Screenplay by Sylvester Stallone
Based onHomefront
by Chuck Logan
Produced by
  • Sylvester Stallone
  • Kevin King Templeton
  • John Thompson
Starring
Cinematography Theo van de Sande
Edited byPadraic McKinley
Music by Mark Isham
Production
companies
Distributed by Open Road Films
Release date
  • November 27, 2013 (2013-11-27)(United States)
Running time
100 minutes [1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$22 million
Box office$51.7 million

Homefront is a 2013 American action thriller film directed by Gary Fleder and written by Sylvester Stallone, who also produced the film with Kevin King Templeton and John Thompson. The film was released nationwide in theaters on November 27, 2013. [2] The film is based on the 2005 novel Homefront by Chuck Logan. The film stars Jason Statham, James Franco, Winona Ryder, and Kate Bosworth. Filming began on October 1, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Contents

The film follows retired DEA agent and father Phil Broker who gets involved in quarrels with the family of a school bully who was targeting his daughter, and once his past affiliation is discovered, the bully's mom, Cassie, sends crime boss "Gator" about the location of Broker responsible for his past arrest, forcing Broker to fight off Gator and his gang.

Plot

Two years after raiding a methamphetamine laboratory owned by biker gang boss Danny T, Phil Broker retires from the DEA and moves to a small Louisiana town with his daughter Maddy. One day, Maddy gets into a schoolyard fight with a bully named Teddy Klum, and Broker is called to her school. As they prepare to return home, Teddy's mother, Cassie, instigates a fight between her husband and Broker, which Broker wins easily. Enraged, Cassie later asks her brother Gator, who runs a meth lab, to intimidate Broker. While working, Broker's friend Teedo warns him that the locals might engage in an old-school fight and not to trust them.

While Broker and Maddy go horseback riding, Gator breaks into their house where he finds old DEA personnel files; he discovers that Broker was responsible for Danny T's arrest, which resulted in the death of Danny T's son. Hoping to expand his influence, Gator tips off Danny T, who sends members of his gang to kill Broker. Meanwhile, Broker attempts to smooth over the situation with Teddy's family, and Maddy invites Teddy to her birthday party. As tensions between the two families slowly ease, with Teddy and Maddy even becoming friends, Gator warns Cassie to stay away from Broker.

Broker's DEA contacts warn him that Gator may be involved with Danny T. Broker then heads to Gator's meth lab and sets traps, but he is subdued and tortured by Gator's thugs. Broker manages to escape and defeat his captors, but before he and Maddy can leave town, the gang members arrive. Though Broker ambushes and kills most of the gang members, Teedo is critically injured while helping Broker and Maddy escape. Meanwhile, Gator’s girlfriend Sheryl kidnaps Maddy in a boat; Maddy uses her cell phone to call Broker and from her descriptions, Broker realizes that she has been taken to Gator's meth lab.

Cassie arrives at Gator's warehouse after hearing news of the gunfight and is horrified to find Maddy there. She angrily confronts Gator and demands he give her Maddy, before accidentally setting off Broker's traps and causing the entire building to explode into flames. Disgusted with her brother, Cassie attempts to flee with Maddy during the chaos, leading to a struggle in which Gator accidentally shoots Cassie. Gator then flees with Maddy in his truck, with Broker in hot pursuit. When Broker crashes his car, Gator prepares to shoot him but is distracted by Maddy whom he then attempts to force back into his truck. Taking advantage of the distraction, Broker frees himself, and savagely beats Gator before reuniting with Maddy. Gator and Sheryl are arrested, while Teedo and Cassie are taken to the hospital. Broker later visits Danny T in prison, letting him know that he will be around when Danny T is eventually released.

Cast

In addition, Marcus Hester portrays Jimmy Klum, Omar Benson Miller plays Teedo, and Chuck Zito appears as "Danny T" Turrie.

Production

The screenplay was written by Sylvester Stallone and based on the novel of the same name by writer Chuck Logan.

It was originally intended as a starring role for Stallone but he passed on the role to Statham, staying on as producer. [3]

Reception

Box office

Homefront grossed $20.2 million in the United States and Canada and $31.5 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $51.7 million, against a budget of $22 million. [4] It opened at number 5 at the US box office in its first weekend, and spent its first three weekends in the top 10 at the US box office. [5]

Critical response

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 42% of 116 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.0/10.The website's consensus reads: "While it boasts a capable cast, the disappointingly dull Homefront hearkens back to classic action thrillers without adding anything to the genre." [6] Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 40 out of 100, based on 35 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews. [7]

Scott Foundas of Variety notes the reliable presence of Statham, but blames director Gary Fleder for "making an incoherent jumble of most of the action scenes". He calls Bosworth's performance the film's "greatest surprise", and Franco's performance as its "biggest disappointment". Foundas calls the film "surprisingly joyless" and "less than the sum of its parts." [3]

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References

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  2. ↑ Open Films (June 20, 2013). "Open Road Pushes Back Machete Kills and Homefront". ComingSoon.net. Archived from the original on October 12, 2013. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
  3. 1 2 Scott Foundas (November 21, 2013). "Film Review: 'Homefront'". Variety . Archived from the original on January 16, 2018. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
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