Monday 16 April 2012

Hobo with A Shotgun

Title - Hobo With a Shotgun
Language - English
Genre - Grindhouse















Hobo with A Shotgun started out as one of the spoof trailers on the Taranto/Rodrigues ‘Grindhouse’ double bill and was later made into a full length movie.

Hobo starts with a homeless man arriving in a new town with the dream of getting the money together for a lawn mower so he can start his own gardening business but he soon finds that the town he has arrived in is run by the corrupt Drake who will happily make a show of ripping off the head of his relatives.  To begin with the Hobo is happy to keep a low profile but he is taking note of the corruption around him.  The Hobo starts to stop the criminal activity when he finds one of Drakes son’s trying to abduct a young prostitute named Abby, the Hobo knocks out Drakes son and takes him to the local police station only to find that the police are in Drakes pocket.

After witnessing a robber threaten to kill a baby the Hobo uses the money he had for the lawn mower to get a shot gun and with the help of Abby he sets out to clean up the town and get rid of Drake and the corrupt police force.

People were a bit surprised that an actor with the credentials of  Rutger Hauer would take on a part like the Hobo but he plays it well and it was also nice to see the darker, creeper side of  Brian Downey who plays Drake, it makes a change from watching him as Stanly Tweedle in Lexx.

Hobo is a good film about a man trying to do what’s best even if the methods he employs are wrong and we see a character who goes from trying to mind his own business to trying to fix a corrupt town but who knows that, in the end there is only one way to save himself from the corruption that is overtaking him.  Or I could just be over thinking things; ether way Hobo with a Shotgun is an entertaining film with a good amount of gore and action and some good characters and as I have stated it does have a good story but, if all you want is people getting sliced, shot and decapitated then sit back and enjoy

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