Synopsis
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 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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Cast
- Rutger HauerHobo
- Molly DunsworthAbby
- Gregory SmithSlick
- Robb WellsLogan
- Brian DowneyThe Drake
- Nick BatemanIvan / Rip
- Peter SimasGrinder
- Pasha EbrahimiBumfight Filmaker
- Jeremy AkermanChief of Police
- David BruntDirty Cop
Recommendations
- 83
IndieWire
Loaded to the gills with thrill-inducing mayhem, Hobo with a Shotgun feels almost tribal in its commitment to violence. - 80
Variety
One must grudgingly admire director Jason Eisener's willingness to go over the top and beyond, and the film certainly delivers what it promises. - 75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
In its mocking but acutely observed style, Hobo is a well-designed cinematic mess: There are whiplash jump cuts, patches where the sound almost disappears, and the whole thing is projected in a queasy, faded Technicolor. - 70
New York Magazine (Vulture)
There's something appealing about the movie's unpretentious carnival of carnage, although I could have done without the flamethrower assault on a school bus to raise the stakes. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
A generic blast, Hobo with a Shotgun unspools like a spaghetti western but amped with enough testosterone to fill a video-game warehouse. - 67
Entertainment Weekly
There's a pomo twist to the whole overeager enterprise, in all its theoretical, film-school charm: Similar to 2010's "Machete," the movie was born from a fake trailer commissioned by Grindhouse directors Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez. - 60
Boxoffice Magazine
Hobo is trash cinema through and through and gives fans everything they want from a drive-in throwback. That's something that doesn't happen often. - 60
Time Out
Two monologues-one in which the Hobo compares himself to a bear, the other a Travis Bickle–like screed delivered to a roomful of increasingly distressed babies-are damn near Shakespearean. It's a shame the performance is contained in a Z-movie patchwork that's a bit too knowingly repugnant.
