Hobo With A Shotgun (2010)

Directed by: Jason Eisener
Written by: Jason Eisener/Rob Cotterill/John Davies

Back in 2007, a movie came out an hardly anyone noticed. That movie was called Grindhouse and it should have been a HUGE hit. Unfortunately, no one knew what to make of it. It was a double feature film made to look like a pair of 70s low-budget movies that were all about blood and action, complete with trailers of movies just like the two that were included.

The Alamo held a contest (as they often do) challenging people to make their own Grindhouse trailers. The winners were filmmakers from Canada on a break from their tv show, Trailer Park Boys.

Hobo With A Shotgun was an instant internet smash and people were calling for the full-length feature basically from day one. Now, finally, the time has come.

Every scene from the trailer is in the film, just bigger and with Rutger Hauer as the titular Hobo. He runs around the small Canadian town that is over-run with punks and crooked cops.

The Hobo meets a cute young hooker named Abby (Molly Dunsworth) and tries to help her get on the straight and narrow path while semi-reluctantly cleaning up the town. All he wants is a warm meal and…a lawnmower?

This is definitely one of those movies where the plot doesn’t really matter. If I was going to give the movie a star rating on the writing and the storyline, I would probably be a two-star flick. It’s badly written and has some of the worst one-liners in history.

Fortunately, it’s mostly intentional and it all makes for a much funnier and more awesome experience. It’s hilarious, gory and overall over the top. And that’s really all that matters.

If you’re into this sort of thing, you’re gonna love Hobo With A Shotgun. If you love Rutger Hauer, you’re gonna love Hobo With A Shotgun. If you only want to see good cinema…well, you should probably look elsewhere. This Hobo doesn’t want to sleep on your couch. He wants to fuck your momma and stick his shotgun right up your ass.