A homeless vigilante blows away crooked cops, pedophile Santas, and other scumbags with his trusty pump-action shotgun.
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Jason EisenerWriter:
John Davies
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1 win & 4 nominations.
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Cast
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| Rutger Hauer | ... | Hobo | |
| Pasha Ebrahimi | ... | Bumfight Filmmaker | |
| Robb Wells | ... | Logan (as Rob Wells) | |
| Brian Downey | ... | Drake | |
| Gregory Smith | ... | Slick | |
| Nick Bateman | ... | Ivan / Rip | |
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Drew O'Hara | ... | Otis |
| Molly Dunsworth | ... | Abby | |
| Jeremy Akerman | ... | Chief of Police | |
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Andre Haines | ... | Large Man |
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Agnes M. Laan | ... | Prostitute (as Agnes Laan) |
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Duane Patterson | ... | Pimp |
| Brian Jamieson | ... | Santa | |
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Tim Dunn | ... | Store Clerk |
| Glen Matthews | ... | Gang Leader | |
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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. Written by Greg Guy
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Delivering justice, one shell at a time...Parents Guide:
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Composed by Michael Holm
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In every shot where the hobo fires the shotgun with both hands in frame, he never actually pulls the trigger, he just jerks the gun backwards. See more »Crazy Credits
Special Thanks To: For ungodly inspiration, Ronnie's Pizza See more »Soundtracks
Liebesthema / Vanessa Verliebt SichComposed by Michael Holm
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12 May 2011 (Netherlands) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Budget:
$3,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$12,046, 8 May 2011Gross USA:
$703,372Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$748,453Company Credits
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BRILLIANT IN EVERY WAY!!! Hobo with a Shotgun is a fantastic Vigilante Thriller that could've came out in like 1980 & it's BEAUTIFUL lol!!! Sleazy,ulta violent,brutal,funny,crazy but also has Heart. Watched this so many times as it's so much crazy fun & RUTGER HAUER is BRILLIANT, wow what a performance!!! Hes so good as The homeless old guy looking for a new place to call home. The new town is like an apocalyptic urban ghetto it's full of danger & gangs & sickos & RUTGER has had enough of all the evil around him & gets a Shotgun & delivers his own Justice & it's BEAUTIFUL. The music is outstanding throughout the whole movie IT'S excellent & very 80s & the violence is Awesome & the Hospital scene is BRILLIANT!!! This is the a definite throwback to to the very old skook glory days of "anything goes" shocking Cinema of the Grindhouse days or the gritty & extremely violent world of "Exploitation" Cinema. Hobo is like a long lost "Troma" film from say 1983, this movie has that feel & look & is just a wild ride Vigilante Thriller that turns into a blood soaked splatter-punk flick like "Robocop 2" & it's a glorious gory MASTERPIECE. Rutger really gives a career best performance as the "Hobo" & gives his lost character a depth & heart & a decency that could've all been lost in a "Grindhouse" style homage flick but with an intense actor like Rutger he brings so much more to the role, he's not just an angry vigilante, he's also a man lost in a disgusting world where everyone seems so nasty & evil. Rutger brings his Hobo to life with a rawness & you can't help but feel sorry for this down & out guy surrounded by scum. There's a serious story within all the bloody violence & craziness & Rutger's performance makes you wonder what the world is coming to? Although everything is hyper-crazy & exaggerated for the entertainment value it's all sick stuff that really does happen in real life. The use of colour in it's cinematography is beautiful, very colourful & vibrant & sharpens the grit & grime of the urban hell-hole that our Hobo hero is surviving in & every scene is beautifully shot. I cherish this ultra-violent vigilante action Thriller & i thank this low-budget MASTERPIECE for getting me properly into the great "Rutger Hauer" as I've always liked him as an actor from Blade Runner, among a few others but it was performance in "Hobo" that really made me a Fan of the actor & got me checking out his older films & discovering some real Gems like Split Second, Wedlock, Omega Doom among others, the guy is a legend of Cult Cinema. Rutger Hauer R.I.P was a true legend of Cult Cinema & the straight-to-video B-movie world of films & was a unique presence of screen & is a Cult Hero to us movie geeks!!! I absolutely love Rutger in this Grindhouse Classic "Hobo" & the Awesome 90's Sci-fi Horror-Thriller "Split Second" & of Course the sci-fi Classic "Blade Runner" but he truly was great in pretty much anything he starred in & made the movie better by his screen presence, one of my favourite actors.