With a screenplay by Sylvester Stallone, the movie delivered the "old-school" action beats that fans of the genre crave.
Released in 2013, Homefront is a quintessential action-drama. Directed by Gary Fleder, the film follows Phil Broker (Statham), a former DEA agent who moves to a quiet town to escape his past, only to find himself clashing with a local meth drug lord, Gator Bodine (played by James Franco). The film gained a cult following for several reasons: