May 6, 2011 (United States)
In a stroke of brilliance, Rutger Hauer is cast as star as the titular role of this over the top gore fest. This is the second feature-length adaptation derived from the exploitation parody 2007 Grindhouse trailers, the first being ‘Machete’ (2010). It boasts all the tropes associated with bumsploitation like shopping carts full of recycling goods, bum fights, money in a sock, dumpster dwelling and so much more. Packed with dozens of one-liner dialogue duds, there’s also a few unforgettable gems. You can even hear Andi Sex Gang’s ‘Naked And The Dead’ in the soundtrack. The villain is played by Brian Downey, recognized as Stanley Tweedle from one of sci-fis more obscure late-night series, Lexx. Hobo With A Shotgun enters high-gear almost immediately and doesn’t let up – the gore gets gorier, the criminal depravity gets more unhinged, death methods more twisted and the characters get more strange. All that gets balanced out by quaint and frankly poetic moments like Slick’s death scene. For lovers of the extreme, connoisseurs of transgression and gourmands of gore, Hobo With A Shotgun provides modern production quality to the genre exemplified by Troma films like Toxic Avenger and Street Trash while dragging low-tier action trash films through the gutter.
Director: Jason Eisener
Stars: Rutger Hauer, Pasha Ebrahimi, Robb Wells, Molly Dunsworth, Brian Downey
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1640459/