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Year: 2011
USA: Magnolia Pictures
UK: Momentum Pictures
Cast: Rutger Hauer, Gregory Smith, Molly Dunsworth, Brian
Downey, Nick Bateman, Rob Wells, Drew O'Hara, Jeremy Akerman
Director: Jason Eisener
Countries: Canada / USA
USA & UK: 86 mins
USA Rated: Not rated
UK Certificate: 18 contains strong bloody violence and gore
USA Release Date: 6 May 2011 (Limited Release)
UK Release Date: 15 July 2011 (Limited Release)
UK DVD Release Date: 1 August 2011
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Synopsis
"Delivering justice one shell at a time."
It began as an award winning “fake” Grindhouse trailer that
embodied the genre far more successfully than anything produced by
Quentin Tarantino (Death Proof) and Robert Rodriguez (Planet Terror)
and became an internet sensation via YouTube. Now, HOBO WITH A
SHOTGUN, director Jason Eisener’s affectionate and remarkably
authentic tribute to the exploitation movies of the 1970s and 80s,
is a full-on, no-holds-barred, kick-ass movie.
Starring Rutger Hauer (BLADE RUNNER; SIN CITY; THE HITCHER) in the
title role and inspired by exploitation classics such as STREET
TRASH and THE EXTERMINATOR amongst others, HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN goes
even further than MACHETE and DRIVE ANGRY that likewise paid homage
to the genre.
When an ageing Hobo (Hauer) jumps from a freight car in a new city
hoping for a fresh start in life, he soon realizes he has well and
truly reached the end of the line. He finds himself trapped in an
urban hell, a lawless world overrun by murderers, rapists,
paedophiles, petty crooks, prostitutes and corrupt cops. Amidst this
anarchy and chaos, reigns the city’s crime boss, Drake (Brian
Downey), and his two insanely sadistic sons, Slick (Gregory Smith)
and Ivan (Nick Bateman).
All the Hobo wants is to be able to afford to buy a second-hand lawn
mower from the local pawnshop and start his own small business in an
effort to make the city a more beautiful place. When the Hobo has a
run-in with Slick and Ivan while trying to rescue pretty
hooker-in-distress Abby (Molly Dunsworth), he reassesses the
situation that confronts him. Pushed beyond his limits, the Hobo realizes the only way to make
a difference in this town is with that gun in his hand and two
shells in its chamber…
An unmissable tour-de-force of gratuitous violence, gore and bloody
mayhem.
Official Selection:
2011 Sundance Film Festival
2011 SXSW Film Festival
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