Jason Statham’s Gritty $51M Action Hit Is Leaving Free Streaming Soon
Despite the recent box-office underperformance of Shelter, Jason Statham remains one of the last remaining action stars who can pull audiences on the strength of his name alone. Shelter has been killing it on the home video market, first on PVOD and then on streaming. As we speak, it’s the number one movie on the domestic Starz chart, according to FlixPatrol. Several of his other recent films, particularly The Beekeeper and A Working Man, are essentially fixtures on the streaming charts. Statham’s next offering is The Beekeeper 2, which will be released during the period of the year that he seems to have staked out for his movies: January. Until then, however, his fans can keep themselves entertained with items from his back-catalog. One of Statham’s most overlooked movies is currently available to stream on Paramount+ in the United States, but it won’t stick around for much longer.
The movie in question was released in 2013, but it was originally conceived as part of the Rambo franchise by Sylvester Stallone. The action icon had recently worked with Statham on The Expendables, a franchise that he would eventually attempt to hand over to Statham several years later. The 2013 action movie was written by Stallone himself, and it also featured Winona Ryder, Kate Bosworth, Frank Grillo, and James Franco as the villain. Directed by Gary Fleder, the film was a solid success, grossing $51 million worldwide against a reported budget of $22 million.
Here’s How Long You Have Left to Watch Jason Statham’s Action Movie on Paramount+
We’re talking, of course, about Homefront, which features Statham as a former DEA agent who gets sucked back, John Wick-style, into his dangerous past life while living quietly in Louisiana. The movie holds a 42% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, where the consensus reads, “While it boasts a capable cast, the disappointingly dull Homefront hearkens back to classic action thrillers without adding anything to the genre.” Like most Statham movies, Homefront‘s audience score on Rotten Tomatoes is higher than its critics’ score: 61%. This is perhaps one of the many reasons behind its sustained success on streaming. The movie will remain available to stream on the Paramount+ streaming service until July 1. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
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November 27, 2013
- Runtime
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100 minutes
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Gary Fleder