A vagrant with a heart of gold befriends a down-and-out hooker in a town ripe with corruption. Sounds like a semi-family friendly movie doesn't it? Well hide the kids and lock away the squeamish. This flick is filled with perversion, filth and gallons of gore. If you like chaos and low budget grind house flicks, this film is for you.
Movie Stars: ★★★★☆
Full Review (SPOILER ALERT)
It's no secret that I love random as I say it all the damn time. So when a film pays homage to that ideal, I have to give it bonus points. This movie does random plenty of justice and serves it up on a slice of bloody toast. Dirty dialog, vicious kill scenes, the occasional nudity and all strung together with a lose yet entertaining plot. It's like that skanky booty call that you can't help but enjoy yet you're too embarrassed to tell anyone about. But I say crack a 40 and dive right in you sick freaky degenerate!
Rutger Hauer was the perfect choice for the hobo on a quest for justice. He's got piercing eyes, a slightly raspy voice and his naturally gritty persona make him seem like life has ridden him harder than most as is. He's still bad ass yet his age is definitely catching up to him. I think it really adds to the character! His acting was pretty decent, for this film anyways. But the acting was never intended to be stellar in this movie. It's supposed to feel cheap and campy. Hell, the movie is in Technicolor so what do you expect? Don't knock it though, I personally think that made it even better.
The bad guys were all pretty cool, the gore was hilariously off the charts and the ending was rad. I must say that I walked away from this with a gigantic smile on my twisted little face. Fair waring though, if you see this make sure that you are prepared for a movie so terrible that it's awesome. If you dig crappy horror/action flicks, this one is in line with the best of them.
Poster Examination
I really can't say too much about this poster. It goes perfectly with the feel of the movie and portrays just enough samples of chaos to peak your curiosity. The fact that they made it look like a turdy old deteriorated 70's handbill is quite fitting.
Poster Stars: ★★★★★
Trailer Analysis
Rutger Hauer's "hobo like me" monologue was perfect for the trailer. The biggest issue that I have with this trailer is the length and that it shows a tad too much. I'd start by replacing all the stuff between his speech and the title shot with him on the rocks. I'd pick the top 5 to 10 shotgun blast scenes, cut them nice and short and splice them together for a quick 5-10 second carnage montage. Slide that bad boy in there and this baby would be golden!
Trailer Stars: ★★★★☆
On a side note, if you dug this movie go try to find Street Trash. Hobo definitely has parallels and pays solid tribute to the preceding Street Trash's offensive and cheap reputation. It's also one of my favorite crappy movies.
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