Homefront is a 2013 American action thriller film directed by Gary Fleder and written by Sylvester Stallone, who also produced the film with Kevin King Templeton and John Thompson. The film, which is based on the novel of the same name by Chuck Logan, stars Jason Statham, James Franco, Winona Ryder, and Kate Bosworth. In the film, Phil Broker, a retired Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent, leads a peaceful life with his daughter Maddy, but trouble ensues as Broker and Maddy get entangled with Gator Bodine, a crime boss, due to a school bullying incident.
Filming began on October 1, 2012, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Homefront was released on November 27, 2013.
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Phil Broker, a DEA agent, leads a raid on a methamphetamine lab owned by Danny "T" Turrie, a biker gang boss who leads the Outcasts MC. Danny T is arrested, but his son is killed when police shoot him. Broker retires from the agency as a result and moves to Rayville, Louisiana, with his daughter, Maddy, as that was where her deceased mother grew up. One day, Maddy defends herself from a bully, Teddy, and Broker is called to her school. Teddy's mother, Cassie, instigates a fight between her unassertive husband, Jimmy, and Broker, which Broker wins easily.
