Movie Trailer: Hobo With A Shotgun
Add another title to the ever-growing list ofmeta-films, this one being possiblythe most ridiculous of all. It’s odd enough that the fake trailer forMachetewas made into a movie, but that project hadRobert Rodriguez(and a budget) backing it, not to mention it was originally envisioned as a feature-length film prior to the trailer even being made.Hobo With a Shotgun, meanwhile, began life as an entry for a SXSW contest forGrindhouse, and was made by a guy working at a comic book store.
And yet here we are, with a genuine trailer for the feature adaptation of the no-budget trailer, starring none other thanRutger Hauer. Check it out after the break.
The trailer comes fromAICN, and be warned, it’s unrated (for reasons that are sure to please). It’s gruesome; it’s violent; it’s completely insane.
All of that was to be expected though. What I wasn’t prepared for, however, was a legitimately well-crafted exercise in atmospheric, synth-enhanced build-up, played perfectly against the gruff, beaten-down tones of Hauer’s voice.
MacheteandPlanet Terrorhave their appeal, but Rodriguez makes it almost too clear that they’re being played for laughs. While there’s definitely a place for that sort of wink-wink camp—it balanced outTarantino’s more serious half ofGrindhousenicely—I find movies like this far more enjoyable when they’re (seemingly) played straight, asHobo With a Shotgunappears to be. I can’t wait.
