SummaryA train pulls into the station - it's the end of the line. A Hobo jumps from a freight car, hoping for a fresh start in a new city. Instead, he finds himself trapped in an urban hell. This is a world where criminals rule the streets and Drake, the city's crime boss, reigns supreme alongside his sadistic murderous sons, Slick & Ivan. Amid...
SummaryA train pulls into the station - it's the end of the line. A Hobo jumps from a freight car, hoping for a fresh start in a new city. Instead, he finds himself trapped in an urban hell. This is a world where criminals rule the streets and Drake, the city's crime boss, reigns supreme alongside his sadistic murderous sons, Slick & Ivan. Amid...
It's a hyper-violent, self-conscious throwback, with the sickly plastic aroma of a tape that's been gathering dust in the corner of a video store since 1984.
Hobo with a Shotgun doesn't pretend to be anything other than what it is, a slick, wet, bloodly film. There's no underlying message or moral besides evil sometimes just needs to be stamped out.
The movie is about a homeless drifter who wanders into one of the worst possible towns in existance. After having enough of the city, he buys a shotgun and goes on a rampage, whiping out the worst criminals the city has to offer.
The plot is light, it doesn't need much and they don't try to weigh it down with more than a basic concept. Gore hounds and grindhouse fans will love the film.
Personally I thought ''Hobo with a Shotgun'' was **** delivers something better than most other films but on a low budget.Very exciting and you just want to watch more, in the high paced , highly violent action/Dark Comedy .Have recommended to friends.
Two monologues-one in which the Hobo compares himself to a bear, the other a Travis Bickle–like screed delivered to a roomful of increasingly distressed babies-are damn near Shakespearean. It's a shame the performance is contained in a Z-movie patchwork that's a bit too knowingly repugnant.
There's plenty of blood and screaming and mayhem, and it's not particularly well-staged, shot or cut -- though I suppose actually caring about film craft denotes one as a spoilsport in this context.
I'm a huge fan of the genre and this movie really didn't disappoint. A prime example of low art becoming high art. Brilliant cinematography, amazing soundtrack, solid acting and action in bucket loads. Surprisingly enough it manages to be quite touching in parts, mainly due to Rutgar Hauer's brilliant acting. When he starts talking you just can't help but listen. Remember his speech at the end of bladerunner? I've seen things you people wouldn't believe....' well he delivers similar speeches in this movie, one or two actually putting a lump in my throat. He plays an insanely believable hobo too. Genius casting there. I even preferred this film to planet terror. This is the best and most authentic grindhouse I've seen by far and probably the bloodiest, sickest film I've seen too, which in my messed up head is a compliment. Best line is 'you can't cure the world's problems with a shotgun...'
Jason Eisener had directed a fake grindhouse trailer as an entry for Robert Rodriguez's "South by Southwest" Grindhouse competition, upon winning the event the trailer got a very high honour of appearing with a few other fake trailers (made by todays bigger names: Edgar Wright, Eli Roth e.t.c) that would show before Robert and Quentin Tarantino's 2007 exploitation double feature "GRINDHOUSE" (Planet Terror/Deathproof).
"Grindhouse Cinema" for those who don't know...
Back in the 70's, Televison was really starting to break out in means of programming, videotape and censorship, this sudden wave had a devastating impact on movie theatre going (but obviously not film-making because some of the greatest movies ever made came out in the 70's in my opinion). this led many theatres to opt out and provide something television could not.
Enter Grindhouse, movie theatres filled with over-the-top violence, sex, sleaze, narrative "the works", this impact was so large Porn had almost became a new Genre, finally the public was at the end of it's teather and burned down many of these theatres, so little exist today...
Finally with the release of Tarantino/Rodriguez's Double Feature in 2007 was this age-old era reborn with a fierce impact on Pop-Culture, most notably dubstep songs and one of those fake trailers ("MACHETE") being turned into a feature length along with 2 planned sequels...
And of course here we are now with "Hobo With A Shotgun", whoever gave Jason Eisener the money for this is a saint, but the really big sellpoint for this movie was that RUTGER HAUER has signed on to play the Hobo.
Rutger Hauer to me is the finest Dutch actor to ever live, i have seen so many of his performances and wondered how on earth did they get him into in such a small independent film?
Well Hauer explained that good old "you only live once" scenario and he blew this role out of the water, i mean even when i heard that he was available i was puzzled yet thrilled at what perfect casting that was.
Aside from Gregory Smith who is a small indie actor, everyone else is virtually an unknown yet give very convincing and engaging performances (given the style this film is after).
The film opens with the Hobo train hopping and departing at a place called "Hope Town" (where the word "scum" has been graffiti sprayed over the word "hope") there everything is constantly in a strong cycle of crime and violence, most notably headed by "The Drake" (Brian Downey).
The Hobo makes friends with a kind prostitute Abby (Molly Dunsworth) and has intentions of buying a lawnmower to start a buisness, however the stench of crime proves to much and eventually decides to opt out for a shotgun "Delivering justice ONE shell at a time".
From there on then as you can deduce everything spirals out of control, riots, bloodshed, OTT violence, armoured henchman, makes for a film on repeated viewings largely entertaining and true to the grindhouse phenomena.
The film is also highly stylised to look old and dirty thanks to sharp editing skills also done by Jason Eisener, the script while not amazing never gets too cheesy thanks to John Davies and the beginning credits bare the title in the stylised font from swedish grindhouse classic "They Call Her One Eye", while the end credits roll with the unearthly catchy song used for a children's programe, see if you can find out which one ;-)
Final Verdict: Messy, violent, bloody but goddammit is it fun, It's not anyway smart but for following traditions. "Hobo With A Shotgun" get's my seal of approval.
Hobo With A Shotgun is cheesy. Don't expect anything guys. I think it's not great like Machete bu fun. Hell, metaphor, and not-your-dating-entertainment. Gory, bloody, ridiculous fun.
odriguez and Tarantino knew how to do it. They both created Grindhouse movies that were made to entertain. The camera work was purposefully amateuristic and some of the scenes were clearly played out for laughs. Jason Eisener's "Hobo With a Shotgun" is not that kind of movie. It is a joyless, sick and twisted movie with no intention to entertain you. He takes the elements **** movie and combines them to make the biggest pile of trash possible. Rutger Hauer is the only shining light in this abysmal grindhouse flick. By the time it was all over, I felt queasy from all the gratuitous gore and trashy dialogue. Skip this unless you enjoy the joyless torture porns.
This once existed only as a trailer to Grindhouse but one day some one decided to go on ahead and make the film. I mean, it has a catchy title, in a Snakes on a plane sort of way. And the idea of a sort of comedy action film with Rutger Hauer as a hobo with a shotgun sounded like it might be vaguely entertaining.
The plot is this: hobo shows up in an ultra violent town. Ultra violent things occur. Blood. Gore. Death.
I don