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Stallone (yes, that one; is there another?) and directed by Gary Fleder, begins with DEA agent Phil Broker (Statham) having his cover blown in a hideously violent (from this point on, just assume “hideous” describes all the violence in the movie) shootout.

Two years later his wife has died and he and his 10-year-old daughter, Maddy (Izabela Vidovic), have moved to a small town in Louisiana, where Maddy beats up boys who cross her. (Daddy trained her well.) One day she hits the wrong kid, however; his bat-crazy mom (Kate Bosworth) goads her husband (Marcus Hester) into confronting Phil physically, which of course ends poorly for the guy (see: hideous violence, above).

This isn’t enough, so the woman goes to her brother, Gator (Franco), who, by virtue of a burgeoning meth business, is a rung or two higher on the white-trash ladder than his sister. She wants Gator to get revenge.

One thing leads to another and Gator realizes he’s glommed onto something more than just roughing up a local guy a Read an interview with Jason Statham at movies .azcentral.com. little bit. So he calls in Sheryl (Winona Ryder), his old girlfriend (apparently old girlfriend), to help out a scheme that will boost his business and spell doom for Phil; it will also endanger Maddy.

Of course, they haven’t figured on Phil’s ability to get hit in the head with a … well, you know.

Statham is always good as the silent buttkicking type and is fine here. Franco, as is often the case, seems to be acting in his own private movie and having a grand old time doing so; results for the audience may vary. Bosworth is good, scary skinny and wired for trouble as a menacing mom.

But it’s not her movie. This is tough-guy territory, and no one seems to have noticed she’s the toughest one of the lot.