Another one that has taken seven years or so to get to the top. (It wasn't even at the top, just in the top 100 before it popped up on Netflix streaming.) I'd like to say it was worth the wait but ehhhhhh.
Phil Broker (Jason Statham) is ex-DEA, having quit after a sting gone wrong. He moves to his deceased wife's hometown in backwoods Louisiana with his small daughter, Maddy (Izabela Vidovic). An altercation between Maddy and a school bully puts Broker squarely at odds with the town's resident tweaker princess, Cassie Bodine (Kate Bosworth), who calls on her brother Gator (James Franco) to dole out some hillbilly retribution.
This is mostly a B-grade Punisher/Walking Tall knock-off. It's not the worst action movie I've ever seen but it's definitely not the best. The most notable thing about it is the incredible cast list. Winona Rider, Clancy Brown, and Frank Grillo all have side parts here and the screenplay was written by Sylvester Stallone.
James Franco does get punched in the face a lot by Statham, which is nice.
It's currently streaming on Netflix.
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