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“Live! Live, you fucking whore!” I remember seeing this in the theatre when I was in my last year of high school and an elderly couple sitting in front of my friends and I finally threw in the towel and got up from their seats and left the theatre after the “School Bus Flamethrower” scene. I honestly don’t know what in the fuck they were expecting when they bought tickets to a trashy, scuzzy, deranged, ultra-violent grindhouse exploitation film called: HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN. 🩸💥🔫
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An homage to exploitation films starring Rutger Hauer as a shotgun totting tramp — that fits right in with 1987s ‘Street Trash’. Also, it’s the best thing to come outta Tarantino/Rodriguez’s ‘Grindhouse’ double feature. That list is as follows: 1. ‘Hobo with a Shotgun’. 2. ‘Planet Terror’. 3. ‘Death Proof’. 4. ‘Machete’/’Machete Kills’. I’ve, yet, to see Eli Roth’s ‘Thanksgiving’ — so this list’ll eventually be updated.
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Jason Eisener should feel really bad about himself, and really fucking proud of himself at the same time.
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Aautocinephilia 8 月 23, 2026
Hobo with a Shotgun is the perfect neo-exploitation movie. The film is violent, stylistic, and has a great deal of authenticity to it. This film is not a Corman-esque piece of exploitation trash (one that utilizes nudity and violence to make a profit), but a post-modern love-letter to the genre pictures of the 70s and 80s. Under the violent coating, this movie carries a lot of weight in its heart, as it creates a pastiche of nostalgic 80s homage. There are references to video games, cartoons, and the classic and unknown exploitation greats; this is a movie composed of rentals from the local video store. Unlike many homage-fuelled genre films, Hobo with a Shotgun takes its influences and creates a…
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The random ass speech he gives to the babies is probably the best Rutger Hauer monologue ever put to film
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Starring: The Wicked, Charming, Dutch Icon Rutger Hauer It was about time our own Rutger Hauer got to show off his great acting abilities in a role that made full use of his charm and zany nature rather than burying it someplace in a film. And yes, it’s true that this film, which many could deem self-indulgent and a bit too trashy, worked great for me, especially as a product of Grindhouse cinema. As Rodriguez’s contribution to that double feature, it captures much of the sleazy, over-the-top, exploitation Grindhouse atmosphere that made it so exciting and gruesomely amusing. There’s a lot of gore and dismemberment, a proto-Robotman is running amok, the doctors are all hung up in the hospital, and…
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Initially a fake trailer made to promote Quintin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez’s “Grindhouse”, the makers of the trailer just decided that it would be a shame to just sit on this without making an actual movie, so they put together a full length feature film starring the legendary Rutger Hauer and it’s everything that a spawn of Grindhouse should be. This is an exploitation black comedy about the worst neighborhood in America which still seems better than parts of Detroit. Gangs run the town, the police are corrupt, crime is rampant, and people are attacked, raped, kidnapped, tortured, and murdered in the streets. Enter Rutger Hauer, our titular hobo who looks on in horror at all of the atrocities happening…
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This was so much fun the first time I watched it. Second time too! Third time, not so much. I think I need to shelf this for a few years before I watch it again. See ya in a few years Hobo, I still appreciate you and I just want you to know: “It’s me, not you” ^Actual convo I had with my Bluray
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Rare Gems Festival die Zweite (2) Feat. Mottenkiste Legt dich nicht mit niederländischen Tulpen an Rutger Hauer alias Hobo hat die Faxen dicke. Ganz und gar dicke. Er hat sie dicke mit ansehen zu müssen wie vor laufender Kamera Typen blutig zusammengeschlagen werden, oder anderen Typen mit Halskrause Kanaldeckel die Köpfe abgerissen werden, ganz und gar dicke, wenn halbnackte Damen im Tackt ihrer hüpfenden Brüste von der Decke hängende Typen mit Baseballschlägern zusammenschlagen, schlicht und einfach dicke in einem Moloch aufzuwachen und zu Bett zu gehen. Und was macht ein Mann der die Faxen dicke hat? Genau, er rüstet sich zum Kampfe gegen die Ungerechtigkeit auf den Straßen mit bloßen Fäusten, Knüppeln und selbstredend mit Shotguns. Die natürlich zum Einsatz…
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Based on the fake Grindhouse trailer of the same name, Jason Eisener’s Hobo with a Shotgun takes the simple concept and wraps it around some generic story points – a corrupt crime riddled town, dirty cops, a maniac criminal running the show, a hooker with a heart of gold etc. This is all soaked in completely over the top ridiculous gore soaked violence, and we’ve also got Rutger Hauer as the grisled title character. It sets out to be a fun bloodbath and it pretty much hits the mark. The influences are clear from the opening credits (set to Liebesthema by Michael Holm) – it’s Tarantino and seventies grindhouse in general. Its fairly slow for the first half hour as…
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HOBO STOPS BEGGING AND DEMANDS CHANGE “Put the knife away son. Or I’ll use it to cut welfare checks from your rotten skin.” The city is in disarray. Gangs and violent criminals roam the streets stealing, abusing, and killing. Homelessness is everywhere. A hobo hops off a freight train and stumbles into this city. After encountering some of the criminal elements and a corrupt police force he snaps. Someone needs to bring justice to this place and this hobo and his shotgun just might be the ones to do it. I hadn’t watched something ridiculous in awhile and this has the great Rutger Hauer in it, so I figured why not? I had no idea that by the time the…
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I’m upset that I waited so long to watch this film because I fucking loved it! It has the perfect blend of comedy and violence. Vigilante justice done right 👌🏻
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“You can’t solve all the worlds problems with a shotgun…” 😢 Heart-wrenching. Inspired. A creative masterpiece. Had to make sure the 100th movie was worth its slot. 100/104
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Color me surprised when I saw a hobo with a shotgun
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It is as titled.
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Ffunnymonkeys132 8 月 18, 2026
Shit dialogue but the hobo was okay I guess and I liked the shotgun part too took like 40 minutes for him to get the shotgun and they spend too much time on exposition for characters I could not care less about this movie can go pick up rocks
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The dialogue is over the top to maybe too high of a degree. Comes off a bit silly. Some cool kills and funny kills. Meh.
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Comme prévu c’était giga con, on aurait dit machete version sans domicile fix
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She was a saint!
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This movie just rules. I don’t have any thing to say critically tbh. It’s just awesome with its style and the main lead. But also the world the movies creates is also terrifying. Just awesome stuff all around really. This movie also rules on the VHS format as well. It’s add on to the style of this film I personally think.
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“live you fuckin’ whore!” At no point could i have predicted where this would go. 1.5/10 but a 9/10 for creativity.
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The story in this film is actually quite good, but the pacing is way too rushed, making the character dynamics feel forced. Additionally, the casting for the villain’s two sons feels out of place they come across as stiff, naive, and far too clean for such a gritty city. That being said, I really appreciate the film’s commitment to the exploitation film style
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Got that young Peter Jackson energy. B&J spotted 😉
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”I just wanted to buy a landmower” Vet genuint inte vad jag ska ge denna för betyg men jag menar sjukt underhållande
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какого хуя у этого фильма настолько хорошие оценки?
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THEY’RE GONNA MAKE COMICS ABOUT MY HATE CRIMES!
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On a vhs feels just soooo right, LOVE this movie!
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“they’re gonna make comic books from my hate crimes” ive never seen anything like this. Just a mess that is so bad that it’s good. The dialogue had me SCREAMINNNGGG, like its so unhinged it had me dying.
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This is the kind of film you will either love (despite its questionable quality) or absolutely despise.
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What a fun movie. “Jack off to this, you shit licking child molester!”
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An amazing homage to low budget 70s revenge crime films Full of amazing one liners and creative kills would definitely recommend to watch with your buddies
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He just wanted a Lawn Mower.
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Incredible. Actually the lighting rocked, and it’s giving late 80’s/early 90’s campy horror. I can’t believe they killed Ricky.
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Batshit crazy and then some. Over the top in all the right ways. A bloody goid time.
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Give more hobos shotguns
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SSparklingBrains 8 月 14, 2026
the saturation level of this film is 500% anyway, watched this cause a friend of mine said it’s important to his lore and I think I’m just gonna check in on him and see if he’s okay
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Finalement la vie d’ un citoyen lambda a Nantes Film regardé en l’honneur de barbichette 🥹🙏
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“HOBO STOPS BEGGING, DEMANDS CHANGE.” FILMED IN MY PROVINCE! 🇨🇦 Remember the fake trailers that were played before the GRINDHOUSE Double Feature in 2007? There was also a contest for filmmakers to create a trailer for a fake movie. Jason Eisener submitted an entry called HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN about a crime fighting hobo & ended up winning! His trailer was added in with the rest of the fake trailers and shown in theatres across Canada. 4 years later, it became an actual…
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Standing tall among the modern exploitation revival spawned by the Grindhouse project, Jason Eisener’s film operates as a surprisingly potent fable of class warfare. Disguised as a hyper-violent homage to 70s drive-in cinema and Italian B-movie exploitation, Hobo with a Shotgun uses its oversaturated aesthetic to deliver a bitter critique of systemic corruption and poverty. Anchoring the chaos is a legendary, deeply empathetic performance by Rutger Hauer, elevating the film far beyond mere nostalgic splatter.
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The oversaturation in this really hurt my head but it’s my own fault for deciding to watch it.
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The ultimate conclusion of always going “Yes, And…!” whilst on gratuitous amounts of cocaine
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They wanted to find the homo… I mean hobo. “The same dudes who do Dark Side of the Ring produced this”- Adam “What the fuck does that matter to me? Just cause you do one good thing, doesn’t mean this will be”-Me The hobo sucks and is racist. Killed a black guy and his indestructible friend had black face. The Hobo you just have to assume he’s an Avenger because he just survives death a ton of times. The prostitute…
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Decent
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WWill 8 月 13, 2026
Good dark hunom with trailer park boy characters and a Tarantino like plot and shots, specifically because of its Grindhouse feel. It’s a great watch
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Um bom filme para o gênero. Há personagens carismáticos e admiráveis. As cenas violentas são incrivelmente chocantes. Gosto do fato da obra humanizar determinados personagens. S2 Gore!
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Simon plus jamais tu me recommande ce genre de film de fou furieux
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“Welcome to Fuck-Town” this is the most batshit and incoherent movie ive seen and i loved every second of it
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Absolutely batshit exploitation flick Bloody and dirty as it gets, some really great kills thrown in the mix aswell and a surprisingly solid soundtrack Honestly doesnt get trashier than this film especially with its corny ass dialogue but as intended its the pinnacle of homages to grindhouse
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WHY IS EVERYONE YELLING IN THIS FUCKING MOVIE????
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It’s like if Terrifier was a 70s action movie. It definitely tries to look the part but often comes off more as a poorly understood parody than anything else. But without a good sense of humor. It’s like it straddles the line between parody and homage but only the worst parts of both. Not really sure the story even needs discussed. It’s pretty much just a hodge podge of revenge movie and exploitation but only in terms of violence and…
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This REALLY WASNT ABOUT HOBOES! I don’t like these kind of hyper violent movies
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I’m gonna wash this blood off with your blood” Was looking for some dumb fun and action and this was just dumb. Over the top for the sake of being over the top. There is too far and this movie went there, burning alive a bus full of children, molotoving a baby, not for me.
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there’s lines of dialogue in this movie that I don’t think have ever been said by another human being EVER 😭😭
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Film très drôle. Je sais pas si c’était sensé être sérieux ou les gens qui l’ont regardé sont absolument stupides mais bref c’était plein d’action, de gore. Parfois les dialogues étaient totalement prévisibles et cringes, même le plot entier, mais on aurait dit justement que c’était une caricature de pleins de films du genre et c’était ça qui rendait le truc drôle. Juste par contre pas très réaliste: comment la meuf est pas morte d’une hémorragie quand on lui a coupé tout le bras ??(Je sais les mecs)
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¿Cómo que había una película de Rutger Hauer donde caza una escopeta y empieza a bajar a maleantes sin parar, al puro cine exploitation? Ya de entrada me compró. El grindhouse te da mucho espacio para hacer películas sin restricciones y más osadas, la cantidad de géneros que explora y los directores que hicieron grandes obras es impresionante. Con poco presupuesto, muchos demostraron cómo se pueden hacer películas más desvergonzadas que no se ate a convenciones. Y hablando de grindhouse,…
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Peak abbey its like abbey road ye yeee ohoooooo ahahahahaha hahahahahahahaahah yeeeeeeeee im stinky ahahahahhaa im virgin ahahahahahahahaha ohooooooo OMG
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welcome to fuck town! this movie is so great. i’m so glad i randomly picked it up at vintage stock without any context. the colors, the over the top but also mild acting, the one liners. absolutely perfect for its time and meaning.
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hobo ash william vs williaw defoe knock off and 2 edgy kids
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It’s exactly what you think it is.
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да ебись оно в рот это прикольно . была бы выбрана другая роль на главного героя , фильм собрал бы огромную кассу
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what the FUCK did i just watch
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as someone who likes gore,thriller,horror,action, this is the perfect movie that I’ve been looking for, It’s not afraid to show cruelty of criminal
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Ooof, I like to think that I have a high tolerance for gory films but the razor blade baseball bat was a tad bit too far This was really trashy in a fun fun way
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Oh this movie….so campy and cringe but I love it lol sooo much gore and that school bus scene…such a terrible iconic scene
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No no, we actually can and should spend more time on the tentacled monster underground, don’t move past that so quickly
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“You’re so hot I want to cut my dick off and rub it all over your titties.”
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Ya hablé muchas veces de por que me gusta esta película, y como todas esas veces odio el final 😭😭 gracias y perdón Sorrentino
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This movie is ridiculous and it’s a complete blast by a legend of an actor. Over the top everything, good antagonists, badass Rutger with a shotgun protecting a girl that ends with the 2 dudes shooting each other and fading to black. Lots of fun. Ridiculous. Stupid amounts of fun. Feels like a movie from the 80s. Great combo of exploitation and gore and cheesy dialogue.
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Blunt force entertainment. It’s super violent, and it’s got some laughs. Clearly a loving tribute to grind-house trash cinema.
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The type of movie you see in the background of smiling friends. Pim: Wow Charlie this movie seems pretty violent Charlie: *belch* Ah you think it’s good now? Just wait till the Hobo finally picks up his iconic shotgun PS this is what ACTUAL color grading looks like in a movie. Your 202X blockbuster blandness could never
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The premise is the title. 9/10. Point deducted for using “you grow it, we cut it” rather than “you grow it, we mow it”.
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This might be the OUTRIGHT best Neo-exploitation film. It flips a lot of it’s obvious Death Wish inspiration in a way we feel genuinely makes it better than those films. It’s whole themes and feelings towards the homeless and their treatment is a real “I know people who use subtext and they’re all cowards” sorta shit and the film rules for it Everyone here is great, but the late Rutger Hauer might have a performance that almost tops his performance…
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Modern day grindhouse at its finest! A brutally gory and bonkers explotation flick about a hobo with a shotgun cleaning the sheets in a crime ridden city worst than Gotham one bullet at a time! Mob bosses chopping heads off with barbed wire and manhole covers to literally flamethrower a school bus full of children, this city nobody is save. There’s even these terminator style hitman called the plague that literally have a harpoon noose weapon to hang their victims in seconds! Gore aplenty in this wild flick.
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A movie you’ll probably only watch once, but will never forget
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The guy who directed this directed on my favorite Christmas films/short films called treevenge So I knew I had to give this a watch. Absolutely bloody, gory amazing. Hilarious. Fun for everyone!!!
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A very literal title. Just a garbage movie really, horrible script, but damn does it look cool
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They really decapitated my boy Ricky from trailer park boys 🥲😂, Wild and fun movie. 6.3/10🔫🍿
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If I could give this 0 stars, I would. Truly the worst movie I’ve ever seen.
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Not fun for the whole family, this is exactly what I want from an over the top film like this. Over saturation, overly dramatic, over the top scenes, over the top gore, and some nice crisp music to go with it. Truly a great niche film for viewers needing a good laugh and some fun to cleanse your palette of peak films
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The modern version of the toxic avenger
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Holy shit, I didn’t know what I expected, but I’m disappointed. Modern-day homages to 70’s and 80’s exploitation/grindhouse movies, like this one, Amer, and so on, always become caricatures of themselves. These movies always feel like they try too hard and never understand what made those original movies original in the first place. They definitely don’t feel like they’re made by genuine fans of movies of this “genre.” The tone is the biggest problem, it’s too winking and ironic, constantly…
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can’t believe i just watched the same guy who played Roy Batty in Blade Runner, who in that film dropped one of the best and most beautiful monologues i’ve ever heard, blow off a pedophile santa’s head with a pump-action shotgun this was a movie
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yilmaz erdoganin disgusting gore moviesi
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i really have a good time with this movie
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If u like Beau Is Afraid, Crank 2, and Troma the way that I like Beau Is Afraid, Crank 2, and Troma then do yourself a favor and watch Hobo with a shotgun, preferably with a friend to enjoy all the fun violence and hijinx with. It really is quite fun and funny with so many great lines. Run dont walk to your nearest big ass tv to see Hobo With A Shotgun
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I love movies like this. Gritty and doesn’t try to be to serious but gets the job done. Def a sleeper funny asf to amd raw
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The plague is one of my favorite character designs. How they kill Jesus?
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meathead movie for teenage boys
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Haven’t seen this one since middle school. So utterly ridiculous that it’s comical. Wholesome plot surprisingly and some crazy gore. Killer one liners too from the hobo. Favorite line- “Put the knife away, kid, or I’ll use it to cut welfare checks from your rotten skin.” If you have absolutely no idea what to watch and just want something mindless, give it a go.
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GODDD, HOLY MASTERPIECE SHIT
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We missed out on getting Hauer as Joe Chill
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You can’t solve all the world’s problems with a shotgun. It’s all I know
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Bomjorno
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I adore this movie
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Remeber watching this when i was young. It was a trip, will rewatch but from what i remember, he’s a hobo with a shot gun
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De lo que creía que iba a ser una divertida trash movie … La trama de la peli y actuación del prota es mucho más que un hobo con escopeta ⭐⭐⭐
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Though it might be most well known for its exploitation plot and gore, what stuck with me the most was the dialogue. You could fast forward into any scene into this film and have a hillarious quote and that really drove the film. Though it is not the most thought provoking film (and based on the title, it doesn’t claim to be) it definitely checks all the boxes of a great grindhouse movie. Overall: 3.5/5 Quality: 3.5/5 Enjoyment: 3.5/5
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Do you remember that song “Angel with a Shotgun”? This movie is that song, except replace “Angel” with “Hobo” and “War” With “Crime.”
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Day 209 of the 365 Film Challenge 2026 This film does exactly what it says on the tin: it is about a hobo with a shotgun. It has a lot of crazy bloody action and cussing it goes extremely insane at times. The film looks cheap but it works in its favor due to it being part of grindhouse. The hobo himself is very much good to a fault and doesn’t deviate from that characteristic. Everyone is one note but…
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It’s Hobo with a Shotgun, man. I mean what else is there to say 🤷♂️. Just go watch this masterpiece, how about that. 10/10
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Masterful.
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Evil Daft Punk twins randomly appear out of nowhere halfway through (complete with their own rad theme song) as if they’ve stepped out of a completely different movie to save this trainwreck. Then the whole thing ends with a South Park style morality speech and a bad final showdown that manages to unsave it again.
- Synopsis
- A vigilante homeless man pulls into a new city and finds himself trapped in urban chaos, a city where crime rules and where the city's crime boss reigns. Seeing an urban landscape filled with armed robbers, corrupt cops, abused prostitutes and even a pedophile Santa, the Hobo goes about bringing justice to the city the best way he knows how - with a 20-gauge shotgun. Mayhem ensues when he tries to make things better for the future generation. Street justice will indeed prevail.
- Director
- Jason Eisener
- Writer
- John Davies
- Studio
- Rhombus Media, Whizbang Films, Yer Dead
- Country
- Canada, USA
- Language
- English
- Year
- 2011
- Runtime
- 86 mins
- USA06 May 2011
- Germany25 Oct 2012
- Ireland15 Jul 2011
- USA05 Jul 2011
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