Hobo with a Shotgun
This is the second film spawned from the mock trailers that accompanied the Rodriguez/Tarantino 'Grindhouse' films in 2007. Like the first one 'Machete', the over-the-top 'Hobo with a shotgun' shouldn't be taken too seriously. It involves Rutger Hauer playing a hobo who as just rode into Hope Town on a train, a town that is overrun by violent criminals and crooked cops. The main villain is a character called The Drake [Brian Downey] who with the help of his sons Slick [Gregory Smith] and Ivan [Nick Bateman], has the town living in fear. The hobo doesn't like what he sees, and after a hold up in a pawn shop pushes him over the edge, said hobo becomes vigilante hobo dishing out his own brand of street justice via his trusty shotgun.
Things I liked about the movie :
- non-stop action with plenty of imaginative kills that should appeal to the gore hounds out there.
- the film definitely has that Grindhouse feel to it, with everything from it's visual style to the excessive violence spelling early 1980's Grindhouse.
- Rutger f*ckin Hauer.
- one of the greatest lines ever delivered in a movie : "I'm gonna wash this blood off with your blood".
Things I didn't like about the movie :
- there were some flat spots, including virtually any scene involving 'prostitute with a heart of gold' Abby making friends with the hobo.
- I love my mindless violence as much as the next guy, but blow torching a school bus full of kids with a flame thrower may have overstepped the mark even in my eyes. Although I did chuckle as "disco inferno" was playing as it happened.
Although I probably rate 'Machete' slightly in front of it, 'Hobo with a shotgun' is still a fun movie for those who like their flicks a bit cheesy and very violent. Rutger Hauer owns it, and the film doesn't take itself too seriously, hence the over-the-top violence isn't too shocking.
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