Hobo with a Shotgun

Rutger Hauer stars in the title role as Hobo in Hobo with a Shotgun. Hobo roles into a town called Hope town, whose sign has been spray painted to say "Scum Town", in hopes of starting a new life. The town is full of degenerates  Crooked Cops, hookers, thieves, and the town is run by corrupt mob boss, The Drake. Drake has two stupid, yet comically evil sons, Ivan and Slick. The three of the go around town, doing whatever they want. They instill fear in the town, so no one stands up to them, and that becomes a free ticket to every other scumbag in the town. Hobo just wants to get enough money so he can buy a second hand lawnmower, so he can go around town making it a better place. If he made money at it, it would be nice too. But he can not stand idle while these people terrorize the town so he has to jump into action. "Serving justice one shell at a time." That is the tag line on the box and it is correct.

The movie is based on a trailer that won the South by Southwest Grindhouse trailer contest put on by Robert Rodriguez. Remember those trailers? Werewolf Women of the SS, Machete, Thanksgiving, or Thankskilling, I cannot remember, and Don't. That was where I heard of the movie. I never saw the trailer, but when I heard the name and heard Rutger Hauer was in it I figured I was in.

The movie is an exploitation film. There is no doubt about that. The color is saturated at the beginning, and then by the end everything is dark, messy, and covered in blood. There were some ridiculous parts, of course. What Drake does to his own brother is strange, there is a scene where topless girls are using a dude as a pinata, and there are these characters called The Plague, which I would watch a movie just on these guys.

Movie was bad. But, that is ok because I wanted it to be. Violence for violence's sake. The only reason why this movie was made was so there was a movie called Hobo with a Shotgun.

3 out of 5.