Homefront and – Prime Video is set to add two Jason Statham thrillers on Wednesday, July 1, 2026: Paul W. S. Anderson’s Death Race and Gary Fleder’s Homefront. Both are R-rated, and each throws Statham into a fight where the stakes go far beyond the violence on screen.
A quiet countdown is ending on Prime Video.
Starting Wednesday, July 1, 2026, Amazon Prime Video will add two R-rated Jason Statham action thrillers: Homefront and Death Race. The streaming arrivals bring back two very different setups for the actor’s tough-guy brand—one rooted in a family being hunted. the other built around a lethal prison sport where survival has a price.
Death Race lands first in the imagination of anyone who remembers its older legend. Directed by Paul W. S. Anderson. the 2008 remake is based on the 1975 cult classic Death Race 2000. which itself was based on Ib Melchior’s short story titled The Racer. The film stars Jason Statham along with Joan Allen, Tyrese Gibson, Ian McShane, Jason Clarke, and Natalie Martinez, among others.
In Death Race, Jensen Ames—an industrial worker and ex-con—is framed for his wife’s murder and sent to a privatized prison called Terminal Island Penitentiary. Once there, he’s forced into a series of races where the cars are equipped with deadly weapons, and the only real currency is his freedom.
Death Race debuted in theaters on August 22, 2008. It arrived with mixed-to-positive reviews: critics gave it 41% on Rotten Tomatoes, while the audience rated it 60%. At the box office, it made roughly $76 million globally against a reported $45 million budget.
Homefront takes a harsher turn in a different direction—less arena, more family fallout. Directed by Gary Fleder from a screenplay by Sylvester Stallone, Homefront is based on Chuck Logan’s eponymous novel. The supporting cast includes James Franco, Winona Ryder, Kate Bosworth, Rachelle Lefevre, Frank Grillo, and Clancy Brown, among others.
The story centers on Phil Broker, a former undercover agent, who retires to a quiet rural town with his young daughter, Maddy. Their routine shatters after Maddy gets into a fight with a school bully. From that moment, Broker’s family becomes the target of a local drug dealer.
Homefront opened in theaters on November 27, 2013. Like Death Race. its reception was similarly split between critics and audiences: it holds a 42% critics’ score and a 61% user score on Rotten Tomatoes. The film was made on a $22 million budget and finished its theatrical run with $48.4 million worldwide.
Taken together. the two additions set up a clear kind of Statham thrill ride—one where redemption is negotiated through a weaponized race. and another where protection comes too late unless you fight back hard enough. On Prime Video, both will be waiting to be pressed into playback right from the start of the streaming week.
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Prime really just keeps dumping R-rated dudes punching each other again lol.
Wait so Homefront is the one where Statham’s kid gets bullied and then somehow it’s all about a drug dealer? Sounds like every basic action movie ever but I’ll probably watch anyway.
Isn’t Death Race the one where they kill people in cars? Like the 1975 version? I saw a TikTok saying it’s based on a real story which… I doubt but also now I’m curious.
Death Race on Prime July 1… cool I guess. But why do they keep re-releasing the same Jason Statham thing like people haven’t watched it already. Also Homefront sounds like it’s basically a family drama with a “fight back hard” ending which feels kinda messed up if that kid is just trying to survive school.