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'''''Hobo with a Shotgun''''' is a 2011 [[exploitation film|exploitation]] [[black comedy]] [[vigilante film]] directed by [[Jason Eisener]] and written by John Davies.{{Citation|title=Hobo With a Shotgun (2011) - Jason Eisener {{!}} Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related {{!}} AllMovie|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/hobo-with-a-shotgun-v517763|language=en-us|access-date=2020-10-31}}{{cite web|url=http://www.screenrush.co.uk/article/fichearticle_gen_carticle=18497327.html|title=Two New Clips From Hobo With A Shotgun|access-date=2010-06-07|archive-date=2012-07-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730001626/http://www.screenrush.co.uk/news/films/news-18497327/|url-status=dead}} Based on Eisener's fictitious trailer of the same name from ''[[Grindhouse (film)|Grindhouse]]'' (2007), it is the second feature-length adaptation of a fictitious ''Grindhouse'' trailer, following [[Robert Rodriguez]]'s ''[[Machete (2010 film)|Machete]]'' (2010).

'''''Hobo with a Shotgun''''' is a 2011 [[exploitation film|exploitation]] [[black comedy]] [[vigilante film]] directed by [[Jason Eisener]] and written by John Davies.{{Citation|title=Hobo With a Shotgun (2011) - Jason Eisener {{!}} Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related {{!}} AllMovie|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/hobo-with-a-shotgun-v517763|language=en-us|access-date=2020-10-31}}{{cite web|url=http://www.screenrush.co.uk/article/fichearticle_gen_carticle=18497327.html|title=Two New Clips From Hobo With A Shotgun|access-date=2010-06-07|archive-date=2012-07-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730001626/http://www.screenrush.co.uk/news/films/news-18497327/|url-status=dead|date=May 11, 2010}} Based on Eisener's fictitious trailer of the same name from ''[[Grindhouse (film)|Grindhouse]]'' (2007), it is the second feature-length adaptation of a fictitious ''Grindhouse'' trailer, following [[Robert Rodriguez]]'s ''[[Machete (2010 film)|Machete]]'' (2010).

''Hobo with a Shotgun'' premiered at the [[Sundance Film Festival]] on January 21, 2011, on March 25 in Canada, and on May 6 in the United States. The film received mixed reviews from critics and has become a [[cult film]].

''Hobo with a Shotgun'' premiered at the [[Sundance Film Festival]] on January 21, 2011, on March 25 in Canada, and on May 6 in the United States. The film received mixed reviews from critics and has become a [[cult film]].

== Development ==

== Development ==

''Hobo with a Shotgun'', directed by [[Jason Eisener]], was initially a fake trailer made for an international contest to promote the release of [[Quentin Tarantino]] and [[Robert Rodriguez]]'s double feature ''[[Grindhouse (film)|Grindhouse]]''.{{cite web|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/37153/rutger-hauer-hobo-with-a-shotgun|title=Rutger Hauer is the Hobo With a Shotgun|date=4 May 2010 }} It won the contest, and was screened in some areas of Canada as part of the actual release of ''[[Grindhouse (film)#Fictitious trailers|Grindhouse]]''.{{cite web|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/37882/more-hobo-with-a-shotgun-madness|title=More Hobo With a Shotgun Madness|date=27 September 2012 }} A feature-length version of ''Hobo With a Shotgun'' began principal photography in [[Halifax Regional Municipality|Halifax]] on April 19, 2010.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2010/apr/19/hobo-with-a-shotgun|title=Hobo With a Shotgun's net strategy is an own goal | location=London | work=The Guardian|first=Stuart|last=Heritage|date=April 20, 2010}}

''Hobo with a Shotgun'', directed by [[Jason Eisener]], was initially a fake trailer made for an international contest to promote the release of [[Quentin Tarantino]] and [[Robert Rodriguez]]'s double feature ''[[Grindhouse (film)|Grindhouse]]''.{{cite web|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/37153/rutger-hauer-hobo-with-a-shotgun|title=Rutger Hauer is the Hobo With a Shotgun|date=4 May 2010 }} It won the contest, and was screened in some areas of Canada as part of the actual release of ''[[Grindhouse (film)#Fictitious trailers|Grindhouse]]''.{{cite web|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/37882/more-hobo-with-a-shotgun-madness|title=More Hobo With a Shotgun Madness|date=27 September 2012 |website=Dread Central|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015014741/http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/37882/more-hobo-with-a-shotgun-madness|archive-date=October 15, 2012}} A feature-length version of ''Hobo With a Shotgun'' began principal photography in [[Halifax Regional Municipality|Halifax]] on April 19, 2010.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2010/apr/19/hobo-with-a-shotgun|title=Hobo With a Shotgun's net strategy is an own goal | location=London | work=The Guardian|first=Stuart|last=Heritage|date=April 20, 2010}}

A [[teaser trailer]] (including behind-the-scenes and test footage) was released on April 26, 2010.{{cite web|url=https://filmschoolrejects.com/news/beware-rutger-hauer-is-now-a-hobo-with-a-shotgun.php|title=Beware: Rutger Hauer is Now a 'Hobo with a Shotgun' – Film School Rejects|access-date=2010-04-26|archive-date=2010-11-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101114031213/http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/beware-rutger-hauer-is-now-a-hobo-with-a-shotgun.php|url-status=dead}} David Brunt, who played the homeless man in the trailer, [[cameo appearance|cameos]] in the film as a [[police officer|cop]].{{cite web|url=https://legacy.aintitcool.com/node/44707|title=Hobo With a Shotgun feature starts shooting Monday... and Quint knows who the movie Hobo will be!!!}} It was the second of ''Grindhouse''{{'}}s fake trailers to be turned into a feature film, the first being ''[[Machete (2010 film)|Machete]]''.{{cite web|url=https://www.bluntforcebeating.com/machete-gets-a-release-date-and-hobo-with-a-shotgun-starts-filming.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100424215201/http://www.bluntforcebeating.com/machete-gets-a-release-date-and-hobo-with-a-shotgun-starts-filming.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-04-24 |title=Machete Gets a Release Date and Hobo With a Shotgun Starts Filming |first=Jason |last=Thibault }}

A [[teaser trailer]] (including behind-the-scenes and test footage) was released on April 26, 2010.{{cite web|url=https://filmschoolrejects.com/news/beware-rutger-hauer-is-now-a-hobo-with-a-shotgun.php|title=Beware: Rutger Hauer is Now a 'Hobo with a Shotgun' – Film School Rejects|access-date=2010-04-26|archive-date=2010-11-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101114031213/http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/beware-rutger-hauer-is-now-a-hobo-with-a-shotgun.php|url-status=dead|date=April 19, 2010|last=Miller|first=Neil}} David Brunt, who played the homeless man in the trailer, [[cameo appearance|cameos]] in the film as a [[police officer|cop]].{{cite web|url=https://legacy.aintitcool.com/node/44707|title=Hobo With a Shotgun feature starts shooting Monday... and Quint knows who the movie Hobo will be!!!}} It was the second of ''Grindhouse''{{'}}s fake trailers to be turned into a feature film, the first being ''[[Machete (2010 film)|Machete]]''.{{cite web|url=https://www.bluntforcebeating.com/machete-gets-a-release-date-and-hobo-with-a-shotgun-starts-filming.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100424215201/http://www.bluntforcebeating.com/machete-gets-a-release-date-and-hobo-with-a-shotgun-starts-filming.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2010-04-24 |title=Machete Gets a Release Date and Hobo With a Shotgun Starts Filming |first=Jason |last=Thibault |date=April 21, 2010}}

The opening theme music was borrowed from the exploitation film ''[[Mark of the Devil (1970 film)|Mark of the Devil]]''. The song "[[Run with Us]]", performed by [[Lisa Lougheed]], from the 1980s animated series ''[[The Raccoons]]'', is played in the end credits.

The opening theme music was borrowed from the exploitation film ''[[Mark of the Devil (1970 film)|Mark of the Devil]]''. The song "[[Run with Us]]", performed by [[Lisa Lougheed]], from the 1980s animated series ''[[The Raccoons]]'', is played in the end credits.

== Release ==

== Release ==

''Hobo with a Shotgun'' had a world premiere at the 2011 [[Sundance Film Festival]].{{cite web|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/41332/artsploitation-films-lands-three-international-terror-tales-memory-of-the-dead-horror-stories-and-wither/|title=Sundance 2011: The Legend of Beaver Dam to Lead to a Hobo with a Shotgun|date=12 February 2013 }} The film was released on a limited basis to Canadian theatres on March 25, 2011,{{cite web|url=https://www.tribute.ca/movies/hobo-with-a-shotgun/18059/|title=Hobo With a Shotgun|publisher=tribute.ca|access-date=February 5, 2011}} and American ones on May 6, 2011.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1eXuGyhz2I&feature=channel_video_title |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/G1eXuGyhz2I |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=Hobo With a Shotgun – More Blood, More Heart Teaser |date=23 March 2011 |publisher=YouTube |access-date=2011-06-06}}{{cbignore}} The film was also released via OnDemand services such as [[Xbox Live]], [[PlayStation Network]], and [[iTunes]] on April 1, 2011.{{cite web|url=https://www.shockya.com/news/2011/03/31/interview-rutger-hauer-talks-hobo-with-a-shotgun/ |title=Interview: Rutger Hauer Talks Hobo with a Shotgun |publisher=Shockya.com |date=2011-03-31 |access-date=2011-06-06}}

''Hobo with a Shotgun'' had a world premiere at the 2011 [[Sundance Film Festival]].{{cite web|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/41332/artsploitation-films-lands-three-international-terror-tales-memory-of-the-dead-horror-stories-and-wither/|title=Sundance 2011: The Legend of Beaver Dam to Lead to a Hobo with a Shotgun|date=12 February 2013 }} The film was released on a limited basis to Canadian theatres on March 25, 2011,{{cite web|url=https://www.tribute.ca/movies/hobo-with-a-shotgun/18059/|title=Hobo With a Shotgun|publisher=tribute.ca|access-date=February 5, 2011}} and American ones on May 6, 2011.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1eXuGyhz2I&feature=channel_video_title |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/G1eXuGyhz2I |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=Hobo With a Shotgun – More Blood, More Heart Teaser |date=23 March 2011 |publisher=YouTube |access-date=2011-06-06}}{{cbignore}} The film was also released via OnDemand services such as [[Xbox Live]], [[PlayStation Network]], and [[iTunes]] on April 1, 2011.{{cite web|url=https://www.shockya.com/news/2011/03/31/interview-rutger-hauer-talks-hobo-with-a-shotgun/ |title=Interview: Rutger Hauer Talks Hobo with a Shotgun |publisher=Shockya.com |date=2011-03-31 |access-date=2011-06-06|last=Benardello|first=Karen}}

== Home media ==

== Home media ==

== Reception ==

== Reception ==

Reviews of the film upon its release were generally mixed-to-positive, and it currently holds a 66% approval rating out of 119 reviews on the review aggregate website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] with an average rating of 5.7 out of 10 and with the consensus being, "It certainly isn't subtle – or even terribly smart – but as a gleefully gory homage to low-budget exploitation thrillers, ''Hobo with a Shotgun'' packs plenty of firepower."{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/hobo_with_a_shotgun |title=Hobo With a Shotgun |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=November 8, 2018}} In his review for [[NPR|National Public Radio]], Scott Tobias wrote "There's something pure about the crude pleasures of ''Hobo with a Shotgun'', a pre-fab cult film that aspires to nothing more (or less) than the red-meat feeding of a feral midnight-movie audience", and that the film is "just raw sensation, built on a series of shocks that keep topping themselves for cartoonish grotesquerie".{{cite news |last1=Tobias |first1=Scott |title='Hobo With A Shotgun': Harmed And Dangerous |url=https://www.npr.org/2011/05/05/135837884/hobo-with-a-shotgun-hauer-harmed-and-dangerous?ft=1&f=1045 |access-date=2022-02-14 |work=NPR |publisher=National Public Radio |date=2011-05-05}} Writing in ''[[Film Journal International]]'', [[Maitland McDonagh]] described the film as "a pitch-perfect recreation of the brutal, low-budget crime films of the 70s, which is simultaneously the best and the worst thing about it".{{cite news |last1=McDonagh |first1=Maitland |title=Film Review: Hobo with a Shotgun |url=http://18.233.154.102/content/film-review-hobo-shotgun |access-date=2022-02-14 |work=Film Journal International |publisher=FilmJournal International |date=2011-05-06 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }} In his negative review of the film [[Ty Burr]] wrote in ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' that although it "revels in the trash aesthetic of ’70s trash cinema, from its over-saturated colors to its intentionally bad acting", the film "illustrates a modern B-movie principle: If you set out to parody junk, you will more than likely end up with junk".{{cite news |last1=Burr |first1=Ty |title=Hobo With a Shotgun |url=https://archive.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2011/05/27/hobo_with_a_shotgun_sends_up_70s_vigilante_films_with_lots_of_violence_but_little_wit/?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Movie+news |access-date=2022-02-14 |work=The Boston Globe |publisher=Globe Newspaper Company |date=2011-05-27}}

Reviews of the film upon its release were generally mixed-to-positive, and it currently holds a 66% approval rating out of 119 reviews on the review aggregate website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] with an average rating of 5.7 out of 10 and with the consensus being, "It certainly isn't subtle – or even terribly smart – but as a gleefully gory homage to low-budget exploitation thrillers, ''Hobo with a Shotgun'' packs plenty of firepower."{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/hobo_with_a_shotgun |title=Hobo With a Shotgun |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=November 8, 2018}} [[Metacritic]], which uses a [[Weighted arithmetic mean|weighted average]], assigned the film a score of 55 out of 100, based on 22 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.{{Cite web |title=Hobo with a Shotgun Reviews |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/hobo-with-a-shotgun/ |access-date=2026-04-22 |website=Metacritic |language=en}} In his review for [[NPR|National Public Radio]], Scott Tobias wrote "There's something pure about the crude pleasures of ''Hobo with a Shotgun'', a pre-fab cult film that aspires to nothing more (or less) than the red-meat feeding of a feral midnight-movie audience", and that the film is "just raw sensation, built on a series of shocks that keep topping themselves for cartoonish grotesquerie".{{cite news |last1=Tobias |first1=Scott |title='Hobo With A Shotgun': Harmed And Dangerous |url=https://www.npr.org/2011/05/05/135837884/hobo-with-a-shotgun-hauer-harmed-and-dangerous?ft=1&f=1045 |access-date=2022-02-14 |work=NPR |publisher=National Public Radio |date=2011-05-05}} Writing in ''[[Film Journal International]]'', [[Maitland McDonagh]] described the film as "a pitch-perfect recreation of the brutal, low-budget crime films of the 70s, which is simultaneously the best and the worst thing about it".{{cite news |last1=McDonagh |first1=Maitland |title=Film Review: Hobo with a Shotgun |url=http://18.233.154.102/content/film-review-hobo-shotgun |access-date=2022-02-14 |work=Film Journal International |publisher=FilmJournal International |date=2011-05-06 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }} In his negative review of the film [[Ty Burr]] wrote in ''[[The Boston Globe]]'' that although it "revels in the trash aesthetic of ’70s trash cinema, from its over-saturated colors to its intentionally bad acting", the film "illustrates a modern B-movie principle: If you set out to parody junk, you will more than likely end up with junk".{{cite news |last1=Burr |first1=Ty |title=Hobo With a Shotgun |url=https://archive.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2011/05/27/hobo_with_a_shotgun_sends_up_70s_vigilante_films_with_lots_of_violence_but_little_wit/?rss_id=Boston.com+--+Movie+news |access-date=2022-02-14 |work=The Boston Globe |publisher=Globe Newspaper Company |date=2011-05-27}}

In 2023, Barry Hertz of ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'' named the film as one of the 23 best Canadian comedy films ever made.Barry Hertz, [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/article-best-canadian-comedies/ "The 23 best Canadian comedies ever made"]. ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', June 28, 2023.

In 2023, Barry Hertz of ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'' named the film as one of the 23 best Canadian comedy films ever made.{{Cite news |last=Hertz |first=Barry |date=2023-06-29 |title=The 23 best Canadian comedies ever made |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/film/article-best-canadian-comedies/ |access-date=2026-04-22 |work=The Globe and Mail |language=en-CA}}

== References ==

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