Well directed, good editing, ott violence, good action scenes. Simple plot to follow, disturbing film ive seen in a while. Rutger hauer plays the hobo character well and keeps you watching throughout as he delivers justice.
Has that 80s feel to it and some cool music too.
Overall a decent action film.
Would recommend this to anyone
Enjoy!!
Hobo with a Shotgun
2011
Action / Comedy / Crime / Horror / Thriller
Hobo with a Shotgun
2011
Action / Comedy / Crime / Horror / Thriller
Plot summary
A vigilante homeless man pulls into a new city and finds himself trapped in urban chaos, a city where crime rules and where the city's crime boss reigns. Seeing an urban landscape filled with armed robbers, corrupt cops, abused prostitutes and even a pedophile Santa, the Hobo goes about bringing justice to the city the best way he knows how - with a 20-gauge shotgun. Mayhem ensues when he tries to make things better for the future generation. Street justice will indeed prevail.
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Delivering justice one shell at a time!!
A BRILLIANT GRINDHOUSE MASTERPIECE & RUTGER HAUER GIVES AN INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCE
BRILLIANT IN EVERY WAY!!! Hobo with a Shotgun is a fantastic Vigilante Thriller that could've came out in like 1980 & it's BEAUTIFUL lol!!! Sleazy,ulta violent,brutal,funny,crazy but also has Heart. Watched this so many times as it's so much crazy fun & RUTGER HAUER is BRILLIANT, wow what a performance!!! Hes so good as The homeless old guy looking for a new place to call home. The new town is like an apocalyptic urban ghetto it's full of danger & gangs & sickos & RUTGER has had enough of all the evil around him & gets a Shotgun & delivers his own Justice & it's BEAUTIFUL. The music is outstanding throughout the whole movie IT'S excellent & very 80s & the violence is Awesome & the Hospital scene is BRILLIANT!!! This is the a definite throwback to to the very old skook glory days of "anything goes" shocking Cinema of the Grindhouse days or the gritty & extremely violent world of "Exploitation" Cinema. Hobo is like a long lost "Troma" film from say 1983, this movie has that feel & look & is just a wild ride Vigilante Thriller that turns into a blood soaked splatter-punk flick like "Robocop 2" & it's a glorious gory MASTERPIECE.
Rutger really gives a career best performance as the "Hobo" & gives his lost character a depth & heart & a decency that could've all been lost in a "Grindhouse" style homage flick but with an intense actor like Rutger he brings so much more to the role, he's not just an angry vigilante, he's also a man lost in a disgusting world where everyone seems so nasty & evil. Rutger brings his Hobo to life with a rawness & you can't help but feel sorry for this down & out guy surrounded by scum. There's a serious story within all the bloody violence & craziness & Rutger's performance makes you wonder what the world is coming to? Although everything is hyper-crazy & exaggerated for the entertainment value it's all sick stuff that really does happen in real life.
The use of colour in it's cinematography is beautiful, very colourful & vibrant & sharpens the grit & grime of the urban hell-hole that our Hobo hero is surviving in & every scene is beautifully shot. I cherish this ultra-violent vigilante action Thriller & i thank this low-budget MASTERPIECE for getting me properly into the great "Rutger Hauer" as I've always liked him as an actor from Blade Runner, among a few others but it was performance in "Hobo" that really made me a Fan of the actor & got me checking out his older films & discovering some real Gems like Split Second, Wedlock, Omega Doom among others, the guy is a legend of Cult Cinema.
"Hobo" is a shockingly violent love-letter to old early 80's sick 'n' twisted Grindhouse films & its glorious.
Rutger Hauer R. I. P was a true legend of Cult Cinema & the straight-to-video B-movie world of films & was a unique presence of screen & is a Cult Hero to us movie geeks!!! I absolutely love Rutger in this Grindhouse Classic "Hobo" & the Awesome 90's Sci-fi Horror-Thriller "Split Second" & of Course the sci-fi Classic "Blade Runner" but he truly was great in pretty much anything he starred in & made the movie better by his screen presence, one of my favourite actors.
The hobo has come to restore law and order
A weary and disillusioned nameless hobo (Rutger Hauer in terrific two-fisted form) arrives in a grim and corrupt crime-ridden city in which chaos and brutality reign supreme. Disgusted with the horrific carnage that's happening all around him, the hobo gets himself a shotgun so he can clean up the streets.
Director Jason Eisner, working from a tight and blithely trashy script by John Davies, delivers oodles of savage violence and gloriously outrageous excessive gore, adroitly crafts a gleefully no-holds-barred gritty'n'grimy tone, astutely captures the raw energy and lowdown scuzzy vibe of vintage late 70's/early 80's urban exploitation fare, stages the rousing action sequences with rip-snorting brio, and keeps the wildly entertaining story hurtling along at a brisk pace. Eisner deserves extra praise for thankfully eschewing wink wink, nudge nudge smugly self-impressed film nerd hipster posturing in favor of a more straightforward and unpretentious pulpy sensibility that hits the ground running and never lets up for a minute. Moreover, it's acted with zest by an enthusiastic cast: Molly Dunsworth provides plenty of spark as spunky hooker Abby, Brian Downey robustly overplays the juicy role of vicious ringleader Drake with lip-smacking wicked aplomb, and Gregory Smith and Nick Bateman are perfectly slimy and hateful as Drake's sadistic sons. The tender relationship between Abby and the hobo provides a few surprisingly touching moments of real heart and warmth. Karim Hussain's vibrant widescreen cinematography gives this picture a lurid neon look. The funky-throbbing score hits the right-on groovy spot. A total blast.