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Curiosity: The Grindhouse trailer helped. But in the end, it all comes down to the title.
Plot: The Hobo (inexplicably played by Rutger Hauer, Blade Runner) is hopping to start a lawnmowing business in Hope Town, but with The Drake (Brian Downey) and his cronies terrorizing the populace, that seems unlikely. After a series of fights, the Hobo finally realizes his destiny and buys a shotgun. He then proceeds to use that shotgun. People lose body parts, etc.
Thoughts: My fiancée and I recently obtained a Netflix account. This makes it a lot easier/cheaper to see movies. It also means I don’t get as mad when the films I eagerly await turn out to be crappy even by SNC’s standards. Hobo With a Shotgun is a very disappointing film, simply because it is not the greatest trashterpiece ever committed to celluloid (or at least digital).
To be fair, Hobo With a Shotgun is on par with Troma’s line of horror films. This movie has buckets of blood and plenty of profanity. It is low, low culture and I know it has a dedicated fanbase. But it never lives up to the hype and anticipation. Hobo began as a joke trailer as part of Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez’s Grindhouse. It actually won an amateur contest to boot, and it was hilarious. When it was announced as a real feature, with Hauer in the lead, well, it looked like maybe the joke would last a little longer.
Sadly, it doesn’t. Hobo has a problem with offering too much all the time. Too much blood. Too much profanity. Too many attempts at being “shocking.” There’s no nuance. No downtime. It’s pure id run rampant. Without any restrictions, it goes into sensory overload.
Reflection: I feel like an old man.
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