Hobo with a Shotgun (2011)

A homeless vigilante blows away crooked cops, pedophile Santas, and other scumbags with his trusty pump-action shotgun.

Director:

Jason Eisener

Writer:

John Davies

Stars:

Rutger Hauer, Pasha Ebrahimi, Robb Wells

1 win & 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Rutger Hauer	...	Hobo
Pasha Ebrahimi	...	Bumfight Filmmaker
Robb Wells	...	Logan (as Rob Wells)
Brian Downey	...	Drake
Gregory Smith	...	Slick
Nick Bateman	...	Ivan / Rip
Drew O'Hara	...	Otis
Molly Dunsworth	...	Abby
Jeremy Akerman	...	Chief of Police
Andre Haines	...	Large Man
Agnes M. Laan	...	Prostitute (as Agnes Laan)
Duane Patterson	...	Pimp
Brian Jamieson	...	Santa
Tim Dunn	...	Store Clerk
Glen Matthews	...	Gang Leader

Storyline

A vigilante homeless man pulls into a new city and finds himself trapped in urban chaos, a city where crime rules and where the city's crime boss reigns. Seeing an urban landscape filled with armed robbers, corrupt cops, abused prostitutes, and even a pedophile Santa, the Hobo (Rutger Hauer) goes about bringing justice to the city the best way he knows how - with a 20-gauge shotgun. Mayhem ensues when he tries to make things better for the future generation. Street justice will indeed prevail.

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Plot Keywords:

vigilante | shotgun | hobo | rampage | gore | 

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Taglines:

Delivering justice, one shell at a time...

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Horror | Thriller

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Certificate:

R

Did You Know?

Trivia

Slick (Gregory Smith) and Ivan (Nick Bateman) drive a Bricklin, a Canadian-made sports car from the mid 1970s.

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Goofs

Where Slick is about to saw at Abby's neck, the blade on his saw is quite shiny and obviously real. In the next shot when he holds the blade to her neck, the blade is quite dull and flexes obviously, as it is made of rubber.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Hobo: Spare some change?

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Crazy Credits

Special Thanks To: For ungodly inspiration, Ronnie's Pizza

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Connections

Featured in Trailer Failure: Rubber, Madea, Shotgun (2011)

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Soundtracks

Disco Inferno
Written by Ron Kersey (as Tyrone "Have Mercy' Kersey) and Leroy Green
Published by Mercy Kersey Music (BMI)
Courtesy of 'Countdown Media GMBH'

User Reviews

Fanaticalaboutfilms Review: Hobo With A Shotgun

So you may have a while to wait if your living in the UK for this one to hit your screens with it not due to be released until the middle of the summer but will it be worth the wait? The movie title kind of hints at what is in store if you go and watch this and in that regard it does not disappoint at all. Although you will have to wait a little bit before hobo and shotgun are united in a cacophony of blood and guts.

This movie is about a nameless hobo (Rutger Hauer) who rides the rail and arrives in a new town where the movies intentions are immediately made obvious. As he wanders the streets with robberies, prostitution, child abduction and hobo fighting occurring all around him, we are introduced to Drake (Brian Downey) the twister ruler of the town and his two sons, Slick (Gregory Smith) and Ivan (Nick Bateman). When father and sons decapitate their brother/uncle with a car, manhole cover and barbed wire rope we are left with the distinct impression that they rule the roost and are not to be messed with. After observing more obscenities Rutger comes to the aid of a prostitute in trouble, Abby (Molly Dunsworth) and they strike up an unlikely friendship as the movie progresses.

Now our hobo's dream is but a simple one, he is intent on starting a honest gardening business and gathers his pennies to buy an old lawnmower. However fate conspires against him and he ends up with a pump action shotgun instead and sets about ridding the streets of crime (definitely makes for a better story!) With one liners as classic as: Abby: "You can't solve all the world's problems with a shotgun!" Hobo: "It's all I know." it's not hard to see the standard that this movie has set for itself! It doesn't take itself seriously but then neither should you.

This movie is literally bubbling over with blood and gore left, right and centre and leaves little to the imagination. In fact I don't think it leaves anything to the imagination whatsoever. Jason Eisener, in his first proper movie as a director, knows how to make a bloody scene even more gory than you could imagine. At times the gore looks quite convincing and at others less so but it comes so thick and fast that you won't have time to worry yourself with small matters such as that.

If you don't have a strong stomach them I definitely recommend that you give this one a miss and that also goes for people who think that this movie won't involve children in the mayhem, because it does and on several occasions as well. I also liked the way in which the movie was done with old school technicolor style credits and titles making the movie feel it was made several decades ago rather than in 2011.

All in all this was what I was expecting but in some places it went further than I thought it would. If you are looking for a gore and guts fest with a couple of very cheesy one liners strewn about the place then this does it well and is for you. If your not then I'd give it a wide berth.

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Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 May 2011 (Netherlands)

Also Known As:

Hobo with a Shotgun: sans abri, sans merci

Filming Locations:

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$3,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$12,046, 8 May 2011

Gross USA:

$703,372

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$748,453

Company Credits

Production Co:

Rhombus Media, Whizbang Films, Yer Dead Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Surround 7.1

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1