Hobo with a Shotgun
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| Directed by | Jason Eisener |
| Produced by | Rob Cotterill Niv Fichman Paul Gross |
| Written by | John Davies |
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Rutger Hauer Molly Dunsworth Brian Downey Gregory Smith Nick Bateman |
| Music by | Alexander Rosborough |
| Cinematography | Karim Hussain |
| Edited by | Jason Eisener |
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Alliance Films Magnet Releasing |
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86 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3 million |
| Box office | $748,453 |
Hobo with a Shotgun is a 2011 exploitation film, with elements of the black comedy, thriller, and horror genres, directed by Jason Eisener, written by John Davies, and starring Rutger Hauer. It is based on the trailer of the same name in Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's South by Southwest Grindhouse contest.
A hobo arrives by boxcar in Hope Town, its welcome sign repainted to read "Scum Town". The town is ruled by "The Drake" and his sadistic sons Ivan and Slick. The Hobo sees an amateur film maker (Pasha Ebrahimi) shooting a "Bumfight" movie. As he pushes his shopping cart through the streets, a bloodied man screams for assistance. Two cars approach the man, revealing The Drake and his sons. The man is revealed to be Logan, The Drake's younger brother. The Drake explains to the townspeople that his brother is a traitor and will be made example of. He proceeds to publicly decapitate Logan with a barbed-wire noose.
The Hobo sees a lawnmower in a pawn shop. Wishing to buy it, he starts begging for change on a sidewalk. He sees a group of punks drag a homeless man into The Drake's night club. Ivan and Slick enter the building and he follows them in. Inside, the brothers, along with their henchmen, torture and kill homeless people in demented arcade style games. Slick begins harassing a boy named Otis, who owes him money. A prostitute named Abby attempts to intervene, angering Slick. Ivan snaps Otis' arm. Slick then propositions the hooker, gets her outside, then prepares to kill her. The Hobo intervenes, knocks Slick unconscious and carries him to the police station.
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