Jason Statham’s thriller movie collaboration with Sylvester Stallone is a streaming hit 12 years later. Stallone and Statham have shared the screen four times, playing mercenary comrades Barney and Christmas in the Expendables series.
The Expendables stars’ numerous collaborations indeed represent a union of two different movie eras. Stallone was the co-ruler of 1980s action, alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger. Statham established his own stoic action-hero persona beginning with his early Guy Ritchie films, and continuing through a string of hard-hitting vehicles, culminating with his arrival as a big-budget franchise stalwart in the Fast & Furious series.
Stallone And Statham’s Homefront Is A Hit On Streaming 12 Years Later
Stallone Produced And Statham Starred
After doing two Expendables movies together, Stallone and Statham teamed up again for Homefront, an action-thriller co-written by Stallone and directed by Gary Fleder, that 12 years later is trending on streaming. Stallone also served as a producer on the film, and was originally set to star, before handing the lead role off to Statham. Critics weren’t very keen on Homefront, as reflected in its 44% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, but the movie was a small box office hit, grossing $51 million on a budget of $22 million.
Stallone wrote the script based on a novel by Chuck Logan
Audiences liked Homefront enough to make it a modest success upon release, and 2025 sees viewers still enjoying Statham and Stallone’s collaboration, as the film is currently up to number six overall on Prime Video, and number four among movies (via Flixpatrol).
Our Take On Homefront Cracking The Prime Video Top 10
It’s Another Statham Success Story
Statham’s run as a top action star has been ongoing for over two decades, and shows no sign of ending anytime soon. A Working Man, his most recent theatrical film (co-written by Stallone, as it happens), added a little more to the star’s lifetime box office tally, grossing $98 million worldwide on a $40 million budget. This after his 2024 release The Beekeeper blew up theatrically, grossing $162 million on a $40 million budget, and spawning a planned sequel.
Always known for playing cool characters with cool jobs like secret agent, ᴀssᴀssin and mercenary, Statham has recently changed things up by portraying working-man types who, it turns out, used to be cool things like secret agents and commandos, and are forced to unleash their latent skills on an array of bad guys. Homefront somewhat anticipated this, in fact, casting Statham as a family man who must call upon his DEA agent skills to protect his brood from James Franco’s meth dealer.
Homefront actually fits in well with A Working Man and The Beekeeper, its streaming success further proving that audiences indeed enjoy this particular iteration of Statham’s action persona, liking him in trucker hats and flannel as much as they ever enjoyed him in stylish suits. A little tweak to his action hero image won’t hurt his longevity, as Statham ages out of his cool phase, and into his grizzled, reluctant-hero era.
Source: Flixpatrol
