Hobo With A Shotgun (2011)

Cast: Rutger Hauer, Pasha Ebrahimi and Robb Wells

Writers: John Davies, Jason Eisener, Rob Cotterill

Director: Jason Eisener

Okay, This is perhaps, in my opinion, the GREATEST film ever made. Do you like Blood, Guts, Gore and MADNESS? Well "Hobo With A Shotgun" definitely delivers a wide variety of of the red stuff and twisted dark humor. "Hobo With A Shotgun" was first scene in Robert Rodriguez's Grindhouse trailer contest called "South By Southwest" and won the contest, having the then "faux" trailer (starring David Brunt as the "Hobo"), shown in Canada along side of the other Faux trailers in the theatrical release of Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's "Grindhouse Double Feature". Myself as well as other fans were in love with the idea of the film and wished it real. Behold, our prayers were answered and the films lived up to every expectation I could ever expect.

"Welcome to fuck town" a city that is run and pretty much owned by the sinister "Drake" (Brian Downey) and his two goony sons "Slick" (Gregory Smith) and "Ivan" (Nick Bateman). The City where our kind hearted "Hobo" (Rutger Hauer) comes for a new start and boy does he get one. After seeing several acts of cruelty and violence and after being attacked and tossed out like garbage, our kind hearted hero decides it's time to clean the streets the only he knows how, WITH A SHOTGUN. That's right, he joins the bumfight krew to earn enough money to clean the streets one shell at a time.

"Hobo With A Shotgun" is a relentless, brutal, balls through the wall, dark comedic splatter fest, Which in every way pays full homage to exploitation cinema. It's the film Machete wished it could be and with film a much lesser budget. There was no massive over used CGI and no all star cast of A-list actors, it was done the way any new filmmaker trying to break out into the film industry should be able to do a film, WITH BALLS. This film is definitely a gem in it's own right and all the big time directors trying to mimic the Grindhouse "feel" should probably watch films like this, "Run! Bitch Run!" and take down a few notes. Also remember that films shown in Grindhouse theaters lacked CGI.

The story is great and is consistent, it does is drift left, right and fall out of a window. It keeps with great pace, intense dialog and of course an abundance of violence. The acting is also very memorable to the exploitation films of the past and is also the threading piece that helps keep the film together. I did like David Brunt's performance in the trailer, but Rutger Hauer was an excellent choice to replace Brunt with, whom by the way has an appearance in the film as one of the cops. So he was still apart of it which is always excellent.

The violence and gore was satisfactory and definitely over the top in the blood depot. I wouldn't know where to begin with the symphony of butchery displayed in this film as to not ruin it for the fans that have yet to see it. But to describe it in a nutshell all I can say is EPIC. If you know anyone that shocks easy, has a soft stomach or doesn't like too much violence in their eye diet, make them watch this. In the end they'll either hate you or love you for showing them one of the greatest films of 2011. For anyone to say other is obviously not a fan of this particular genre of film or just a blatant asstard without any taste for true cinematic genius.

The music is also great,I love it's familiarity to the films of  the past. I even loved the opening song cause it reminded me of "Cannibal Holocaust". Many have argued that it is the same song, but it's a few notes short of being the same song and even if it is, who cares? It's great nonetheless and every great film needs memorable music and this film has it. All the right elements of an instant classick that Hollywood may try to ruin years down the line by making a remake or a Broadway show out of it.

By now, you the readers know this film is definitely on my top list of films to watch and that should be owned by true fans of this genre. I appreciate and love everything about this film and I don't expect every to have the same feelings and can care what negative press has been put out by lame wad, over zealous critics that think their word is law. I see what I want and if I like what I see it get's my honest opinion and i serve it out to the people sans the bullshit or without looking for any kind of pay off. If you haven't seen this film and are a fan of this type of film SHAME ON YOU. However, you still have plenty of time to watch. Sure you can watch it on netflix which is awesome, but I think it's definitely worth owning and you should most definitely go out and pick up a copy A.S.A.P. It's far beyond worth it and you also get some nifty extra's you can't see on a netflix stream. So now with all said I can end this all by giving "Hobo With A Shotgun" Five Shotgun Victims out of Five.

5/5