Review of Hobo with a Shotgun (2011) by Andrea D — 03 Feb 2013

Sometimes, it just takes a dirty hobo to clean up the filthy city streets... a HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN! Rutger Hauer stars as the down-on-his-luck hobo who trades in his hopes of starting a new lawn mowing service in exchange for a shotgun when the crime of the city becomes too much to bear. Jason Eisener, director of the hilarious holiday short TREEVENGE, blasts back onto the screen with more gore and absurd humor than ever before! HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN is the modern Exploitation classic that GRINDHOUSE tried to be, rolling THE TOXIC AVENGER, STREET TRASH, and THE TAXI DRIVER all into one. This will be one of Hauer's most-remembered performances by genre fans, transforming him into this decade's Charles Bronson. Despite the insanity unfolding around him, Hauer plays the role entirely straight, which only elevates the campiness of the other characters. Anyone can blow off a few cocks and burn schoolchildren alive for cheap shocks, but Eisener does so with a clever wit and playfulness that calls back to the golden age of Troma.

-Carl Manes.

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