I went in for the kicks and Rutger Hauer (Blade Runner, 1982; The Hitcher, 1986; Split Second, 1992). Shotgun is a simple film; a film you where you can enjoy the popcorn even more. Yes, it is a simple film, which is nicely shot on a colour pallet. The movie is shot in stark, bold primary colours just like a grindhouse; a genre to which it definitely belongs. We are shown the Hobo riding in an vacant cargo compartment of a train. He jumps off close to a town. The name of the town is Scum Town for you see the real name of the town has been sprayed over with paint. The police in the film wears badges without any cities name joined to the PD acronym. It simply reads Police. Our protagonist goes into town in the hopes of collecting fifty bucks to buy a lawn-mower to start a business. Instead he ends up buying a shotgun. Yes, they explain quite well how that happens. The scenes vary from being intense (those blue Dutch Hitcher eyes penetrate and you remember his monologue at the end of the rain-drenched, bleak Blade Runner. Of monologues there is one in Shotgun also. The sad part is that even through the glass window we can see Hauer convincingly spew hate and venom to an audience of toddlers. And man, hes upset. The monologue is the only to-be-taken-seriously scene in the film. Hauer is a f*cking freight-train in that scene; speaking to a bunch of one day old babies about what life has in store for them: powerful stuff. Look close into those blue eyes and you might see a shimmer of a tear. The director Jason Eisner does an OK job, leaving the film to rest on the shoulders of our senior-citizen vigilante protagonist and his side-kick? a lady of the night - whose life he saves. Abby, Molly Dunsworth (her IMDB profile shows that her career is still deciding to choose between television and cinema. However, she pulls it off. All said and watched, Hobo with a Shotgun is a film simply for the sake of being one and does not go overboard like Grindhouse, 2007. Sometimes shoe-string budgets can stop a director to make too many mistakes. A jolly good ride, matey.
Posted on: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 07:58:45 +0000
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