![]() ![]() ![]() Such over-the-top crassness is itself part of the joke, albeit not one directly acknowledged by incessant fourth wall-breaking directorial devices. Recognizing that its inherent goofiness is so obvious that calling attention to it is unnecessary, this saga largely confines its wink-wink jokiness to its title and premise otherwise, it revels in cartoon viciousness that’s amplified by an air of sincerity, replete with more insanely profane insults than might be found in 10 legitimate ‘70s relics. Rather, it’s simply that this nasty bit of business strikes an assured balance between reverential homage and smug self-consciousness, not to mention boasts a superior sense of humor. That’s not to say, however, that Jason Eisener’s film-based, like Robert Rodriguez’s Danny Trejo vehicle, on a fake trailer-should be taken the least bit seriously. The filmmaker also wants us to believe its crude perverse scenes of torture and decapitations are meant as artistic expressions for its lurid grindhouse look.Taking as a given the dog-chasing-its-tail pointlessness of such B-movie replicas, Hobo with a Shotgun offers up grindhouse gristle and wit that puts Machete to shame, and a critique of superhero psychosis more potent than that found in Super. It’s a bad film with an inept screenplay written for shock value by the director and cowriters Rob Cotterill and John Davies, who pretend the dialogue and narrative is so terrible on purpose. This is a sloppily made, witless and poorly acted production. The hobo also frees the citizens from Drake’s bloody reign of terror, after he ordered them to kill all the homeless or he will kill their children. Then as a protector to teenage streetwalker Abby (Molly Dunsworth), the hobo puts all his energy into bringing down the evil empire run by Drake and his psychopathic sadist sons Slick and Ivan ( Nick Bateman ). The hobo soon manages to get a shotgun from a pawn shop and goes after the city’s venal criminal element, its pimps and pedophiles. The nameless hobo makes a citizen’s arrest of Drake’s favorite evil son Slick ( Gregory Smith ) and the corrupt police chief ( Jeremy Akerman ) instead attacks him, thereby giving Slick the chance to carve with a switchblade knife the word ‘Scum’ into the hobo’s chest. The raving lunatic Drake runs things in town with impunity, and like the targeted viewer gets his jollies watching innocents tortured. Rutger Hauer portrays the titular elderly hobo vigilante, who winds up in Hope Town, called by the low-life locals Fuck Town, after hopping off a freight train and gets fed up with the violence he sees directed at defenseless innocent people by the goons of evil wealthy TV producer Drake (Brian Downey). The pic leaves us with the perverted message that humanity has become so depraved that the only solution for cleaning up corruption is outdoing the baddies in violence. This one is a sicko exercise in meaningless entertainment, geared for those who get off on moronic bloodbath pics. ”įirst-time director Jason Eisener (“ The Teeth Beneath “) directs this trashy exploitation clichéd pic, that was inspired by his competition-winning fake trailer for Quentin Tarantino’s bummer “Grindhouse” film. “ This one is a sicko exercise in meaningless entertainment, geared for those who get off on moronic bloodbath pics. Burke/Darius Holber/Russ Howard III & The Obsidian Orchestra cast: Rutger Hauer (Hobo), Molly Dunsworth (Abby), Gregory Smith (Slick), Brian Downey (Drake), Nick Bateman (Ivan), Jeremy Akerman (Chief Wakeum), Pasha Ebrahimi (Bumfight Filmmaker), Robb Wells (Logan) Runtime: 85 MPAA Rating: R producers: Rob Cotterill/Niv Fichman/Frank Siracusa Magnolia Pictures 2011-Canada) HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN (director/writer: Jason Eisener screenwriters: Rob Cotterill/John Davies/story by John Davies cinematographer: Karim Hussain music: Adam P.
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