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Rating 7.5 out of 10

I like Jason Statham.  He is a good looking action star with that English accent.  I'm afraid he is becoming this generations Jean-Claude Van Damme.   Van Damme had some good movies early then ran off a string of stinkers that even a hard core action fan like myself could not like.  He has made some good movies but lately his choices of what parts to take have you scratching your head.  I'm glad to say Homefront is pretty good for an action movie.  If you like action movies at all you should leave the theater a happy camper.

The movie starts with DEA agent Phil Broker (Statham)  undercover with a very bad biker gang that amazingly enough it big in the drug trade.  When the bust goes down the biker leaders son gets killed and that bad guy blames Broker and vows to get even.  Flash forward several years and Broker is living in a small Louisiana town after his wife had died raising his 10 year old daughter.  After a while he crosses swords with the local drug dealer Gator (James Franco) and life goes crazy.  Gator realizes who Broker is and alerts the bad biker dude in prison.

The action is as good as you'd expect and the acting is better than you usually get in this type of movie.  I'm not a Franco fan yet he does a good job in not going over the top.  This has my all time favorite character actor, Clancy Brown.  Click on the name and you'll say "oh, that guy".  Besides having a cool last name he always plays his part well.  Anorexic Kate Bosworth found a part she is made for, the skinny crack addicted mom that causes trouble.  Winona Ryder shows up to prove she is still around.  The hot redhead from the tv show Under the Dome (Rachelle Lefevre) is the teacher.

If you like action movies I'd put this on the to see list.