#Film homefront movie#
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#Film homefront movie#

Perhaps the nicest thing in the movie is how the action is done. Music and sound effect try too hard to sell the dynamic, in which there's barely any, they function more as loud distractions if any. Screenplay builds up inconsistently as it gives the illusion that something dramatic might happen soon, although it unfortunately turns into average brawl yet again. There are many ways to make profanity works, peppering it as ham-fisted way to lure any reaction from audience is not one of them. Another thing that's wrong with the movie it spews curses constantly.

#Film homefront full#

Kate Bosworth goes full hillbilly crackhead, profanity firing in all cylinders. Honestly, I didn't even recognize her at first, she's too hectic to give more impression than just Gator's confused lackey. Winona Ryder is looking messy and not in intentionally thought provoking or sympathetic way. It is far from clever scheme the backwater hoodlum runs, it more resembles panicked redneck rampage with money as incentive. He doesn't convey the menacing threat to Statham, and if the movie opted for more cerebral contest, it could've been better, but instead his actions just seem random and unorganized. James Franco brings plenty credibility, and originally I thought he'd offer more challenge in acting department for Statham, however his role as Gator just doesn't work. There are several big names here, but they are underutilized or badly cast. The movie doesn't offer anything novel in fact Arnold Schwarzenegger's Commando back in '80s has more flair and arguably more personality. Statham has done this concept in last year movie Safe, and to approximately the same undistinguished effect. The concept is to portray the antagonist as a man involuntarily dragged into fights as he defends a frail looking little girl. Little did he know that his past, and untidy file saving, will haunt him and his daughter. Jason Statham plays Phil Broker, a former undercover cop who retires into the countryside after his testimony incarcerated a drug lord. Either it's from the poor casting or lackluster predictable content, audience will most likely have little to none enjoyment watching Jason Statham bludgeoning random thugs, again. There's an appeal to simple action movie, but it's nowhere to be found on the uninspiring Homefront, and even the capable cast can't save it from mediocrity. I suppose it's not surprising that Sylvester Stallone wrote the screenplay, since the plot is so ancient it might have been etches as hieroglyph on Rambo's machine gun.