Homefront,
based on the book by Chuck Logan
Six out of
10
The chance
to watch James Franco – and once upon a time Wynona Ryder – can be an
opportunity that we must take.
Jason Statham,
before being typecast as the agent, officer, retired army man and other such
profiles in which he always kills many villains and escapes from impossible
situation with the girl, the heroine and anybody in his care intact, used to be
a wondrous actor.
Lock, Stock
and Two Smoking Barrels, Snatch or London are Casablanca, Some Like It Hot and
Goodfellas when set against Homefront.
The movie is
watchable, especially when there is nothing else on the other twenty film
channels, as happened here last night.
Jason Statham
has the leading role of Phil Broker, a DEA agent when very long hair – that is a
novelty – infiltrated in a gang of bikers – those who support the ridiculous
Orange man in the White House no doubts.
In the
opening scenes, the clash with the authorities results in the death of the son
of the gang leader, also a drug dealer and criminal, and that would result in a
death sentence for the “traitor” Phil.
The hero
retreats in a small town with his nine-year-old daughter, Maddy, where they
would ride horses and enjoy life.
Her mother
has died and the very concerned father is looking after her with such care that
you want to weep.
When a
bully at the playground faces off the girl, she demonstrates that she has the
fighting genes of her father.
The school
calls the parents, Cassie Bodine Klum and her husband, Jimmy Klum, and Phil
Broker.
The latter
talks to the psychologist who has only good words about Maddy and is interested
in the father.
Jimmy Klum
becomes aggressive in the parking lot, near the school, and we know this is not
advisable.
For the new
age Bruce Lee can – and will, I do not think there is a need for a spoiler alert
here – beat anyone.
This foolish
parent is in the dirt as soon as he laid his hands on the back of the
apparently innocent stranger.
All this takes
place in front of the sheriff and when another fight takes place at the gas
station, the man of the law warns Phil.
Cassie is the
sister of the local, small godfather, Morgan “Gator” Bodine aka the wasted here
James Franco.
She asks
for revenge, given that her consort has been humiliated in public, in front of
their son.
Three hoodlums,
hatchet men for the local drug lord, attack the intruder at a gas station, only
to be taught a hard lesson.
Things get
ever more violent from here, as we can expect, reaching a paroxysm of action
when the hero has to fight many villains.
He knows
how and kills all that come near…or far for that matter.
Nevertheless,
they find a way to use his soft, weak spot, as happens in all scenarios that we
have seen before.
It is rather
pathetic at times and we have the usual problem of credibility, when the drug
lab explodes for instance.
Shouldn’t
that cause more damage?
This is superfluous
however, for there is no single, identifiable flaw that we could point and say…
Without that,
it was all marvelous.
No!
It is all a
forgettable experience and actually, you should give it a miss, if you ever
read this and thought about watching the homefront.
Chances for
that to happen are about one in a billion.
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