Title: Hobo with a Shotgun
Actors/Director/Anything Worth Mentioning Right Away: Rutger Hauer is in this movie which was once upon a time merely a Grindhouse trailer.
Introduction: I got it from Netflix, but will one day own it.
Location: Oh-Ca-nuh-duh.
Plot: Rutger Hauer plays, well, a hobo who wanders into a town just looking for enough money to buy a lawnmower so he can start a landscaping business. I know it’s just a movie, but really, if you’re a hobo and you are looking for work in landscaping, come to Houston. You can start off as a mere clipper but one day you could be the boss. Anyway, as the story progresses and this hobo goes through his trials and sees things he’d rather not, he finally decides- upon witnessing a robbery first hand- to get a shotgun instead of a lawnmower. Then he starts serving up justice… hobo style. Fun fact: The difference between a homeless person and a hobo is that a hobo travels. I’ve always wondered why all homeless people don’t travel. I’ve also wondered about the names because if you live “under the bridge” or “dumpster behind Walmart” then aren’t those places technically your home? Sure, you can’t get mail delivered there, but still it’s a place you go to sleep every night. At the same time, a hobo is the true homeless person, as he rarely goes to sleep in the same place more than once. So anyway, this movie concludes with this big scene where this girl makes a case about how the homeless live on the streets and by ruining the streets we’re ruining the home of the homeless (See, I told you they had homes!), which just makes all of the homeless people mad and, well, they kind of outnumber those who do have homes. It’s something worth thinking about if you’re not just into this movie for the blatant violence.
Acting: The acting in this is good.
Production: There are a lot of colors in this movie, where sometimes the scene just seems to have a very blue hue to it (or another specific color) and that must be pointed out as something that not only makes this movie stand out but it makes it a visual delight.
Sex/Nudity: Not so much.
Special Effects: Let’s face it, a lot of people in this movie get shot and there is bloodshed. This actually comes off looking rather good.
Overall Verdict: A long time ago (Not that long) I read a book about journalists who were supposed to be the modern version of Hunter S. Thompson. Some of them were weaksauce, but I did find one who was most interesting. He wrote (among other adventures) a book about living as a hobo. I thought this was a great idea- not just because of his approach to writing the book, kind of going undercover, but also just because who wouldn’t want to be a hobo? I wanted to be a hobo ever since I read that book. It never seemed like such a bad life to me, as long as you kept your nose clean and tried not to get stabbed in your sleep. This is the second movie I watched based on a Grindhouse trailer and I have to say that it is most excellent. Whether or not you get the background of it, read deeper into the plot than perhaps intended or even know who Rutger Hauer is, the point remains that watching a hobo go around with a shotgun (and seeming endless supply of bullets) and blasting bad people makes for some good watching.
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