Homefront 2013 American action thriller film

Homefront is a 2013 American action thriller film directed by Gary Fleder and released nationwide in theaters on November 27.[3] Based on Chuck Logan's novel of the same name and adapted into a screenplay by Sylvester Stallone, the film stars Jason Statham, James Franco, Winona Ryder, and Kate Bosworth. Filming began on 1 October 2012 in New Orleans.

In New Orleans, Louisiana, DEA Agent Phil Broker (Jason Statham) is undercover in a biker gang, led by Danny T (Chuck Zito). During a bust on the gang's meth lab, Broker's cover is broken, and Danny T is arrested, but the latter's son Jojo commits suicide by cop. A distraught Danny T swears revenge on Broker; disturbed by what happened, Broker quits his job.

Two years later, Broker and his daughter Maddy (Izabela Vidovic) have moved to a small town where Maddy's deceased mother grew up. Broker has set up a contracting business with his friend Teedo (Omar Benson Miller). One day, Maddy gets into a schoolyard fight with her classmate, a bully named Teddy Klum, and ends up breaking his nose. Broker and Teddy's parents are called by school psychologist Susan (Rachelle Lefevre), who tells Broker that Teddy is a special needs child, while his parents, Cassie (Kate Bosworth) and Jimmy (Marcus Hester), can be a handful. The sheriff (Clancy Brown) arrives and attempts to keep peace. Cassie persuades Jimmy to confront Broker, who defends himself and inadvertently gains everyone's attention. Susan warns Broker that he needs to be careful. Cassie later goes to see her brother, a drug dealer named Gator Bodine (James Franco), and asks him to scare Broker.

A few days later, Broker is physically threatened by two of Gator's thugs at a gas station, but he defeats them in a fight. The sheriff later stops Broker on the road to ask, "What he is", and Broker tells him the answer is a "need to know" situation. The sheriff tells Broker that he now has his attention, and drives off.

The next day, while Broker is at horseback riding with Maddy, Gator breaks into their house. He finds Broker's old personnel file and deduces that Broker was the undercover cop responsible for Danny T's arrest. Gator and his girlfriend Sheryl (Winona Ryder) pass this information on to Danny T, who sends members of his gang to kill Broker. Broker learns that one of the locals is a person of interest in narcotics trafficking. He then finds Gator's meth lab and sabotages it, and sees his daughter's kitten that Gator stole during the break-in. Broker is surprised by some of Gator's thugs, who beat him and torture him, holding his head under water. They also threaten his daughter, but he is able to break free and defeat the four henchmen.

Broker goes home and prepares to leave town, but his daughter argues with him. Gator refuses to join Cyrus' attack on Broker's house, knowing that he'd be a prime suspect. The next morning, Teedo arrives to help Broker move the horses, and Cyrus and his gang attack Broker's home. During a fight in the horse barn, Teedo kills one of the bad guys with a pitchfork. He alerts Broker by honking his truck's horn but ends up getting shot. Broker hides Maddy under the front porch. Five or six bad guys attack Broker in his house. He arms himself, and after a brutal fight chases Cyrus, who is about to shoot Maddy. Broker kills Cyrus but is ambushed and while fighting him off. Sheryl tells Maddy that she needs to leave before the bad men kill her. She abducts Maddy in a Boston Whaler and takes her back to Gator's place. Maddy uses her cellphone to call her dad and describe enough details that he figures out where she is headed. Sheryl takes Maddy to Gator's meth lab.

Cassie arrives at Gator's meth lab with news of the gunfight and tells Gator that Maddy has been kidnapped. Sheryl tries to get Maddy out of the boat, and Cassie discovers that Gator has Maddy. Cassie turns the meth lab's lights on, unwittingly setting off the booby trap that Broker had set up. The lab and much of the warehouse explode, and Gator watches his business go up in flames. Cassie tries to take Maddy, but Gator shoots his sister Cassie and forces Maddy into his Broncotruck. Broker arrives as the meth lab goes up in a series of secondary explosions. Driving the patrol car, he chases Gator to a bridge, which the sheriff has just closed off. Broker's car flips several times. Gator prepares to shoot him, but Maddy distracts Gator. Broker escapes from the wrecked vehicle and beats Gator up badly. He only stops short of shooting Gator in the head when he sees his daughter watching. The police arrest Sheryl and Gator, while Teedo and Cassie are taken to a hospital.

Broker visits a shocked Danny T in prison and tells him he will be waiting for him when Danny T gets out.

Cast

Jason Statham as Phil Broker
James Franco as Morgan "Gator" Bodine
Winona Ryder as Sheryl Marie Mott
Kate Bosworth as Cassie Bodine Klum
Chuck Zito as Danny "T" Turrie
Frank Grillo as Cyrus Hanks
Rachelle Lefevre as Susan Hetch
Clancy Brown as Sheriff Keith Rodrigue
Christa Campbell as Lydia
Stuart Greer as Lewis
Omar Benson Miller as Teedo
Izabela Vidovic[4] as Maddy Broker
Pruitt Taylor Vince as Werks
Billy Slaughter as DEA Agent #2