Do you see the title of this film? How am I not going to enjoy it?
Starring: Rutger Hauer, Brian Downey, Gregory Smith
Directed by: Jason Eisener
The Positives:
- The over-exposed color!
- Rutger Hauer makes everything better.
- Somebody receives a technical credit as "Creator of The Plague." You don't see that in just any movie.
- "Filmed in Technicolor."
- Hyper violence + Hyper sexuality = Pure B-movie cheese.
- The deliberately hokey dialogue and over-acting fit the film's tone perfectly. This isn't a movie to take seriously at all.
- A carnival. Where the homeless are brutally slaughtered. For fun. I approve.
- The Punisher wants to revenge his fallen family. Thor wants to live up to his good name in hopes of returning to Asgard. The Hobo wants a lawnmower.
- Back to the dialogue for a second. Did I mention it was hokey? Cause it is and dammit if it isn't perfect.
- Does it make me a fucked up human being for posting "Children get murdered. A lot." under the positives? Yes? Well I'm sorry. I find killing children a movie taboo that takes balls to break.
- Once more, just in case I didn't get the point across: THE DIALOGUE DAMMIT! '"I'm going to wash this blood off... With your blood." has to be one of the best movie quotes of all time. ALL TIME!
- This film is superior to both B-movie throwbacks like 'Machete' and dark comedies like 'Super' because it isn't bogged down with heavy political undertones and the dark humor doesn't make you hate yourself for laughing at it.
The Negatives:
- I hate endings where (SPOILER ALERT) the hero dies.
- It's nasty and disturbing, so of course you have to be in the right mood to watch it. I can clearly see why this film would be frowned upon by many.
- Where the hell did Hobo get all that ammo?
Grade: B+
While 'Hobo with a Shotgun' has its flaws, it accomplishes what it set out to do with style and flare.
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