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{{quote|''"I used to be like you, a long time ago. All brand new and perfect; no mistakes, no regrets. People look at you and think of how wonderful your future will be. They want you to be something special, like a doctor or a lawyer. I hate to tell you this, but if you grow up here, you're more likely to wind up selling your bodies on the streets or shooting dope from dirty needles in a bus stop. And if you're successful, you'll make money selling junk to crackheads, and won't think twice about killing someone's wife, because you won't even know it's wrong in the first place. Maybe…you'll end up like me. A [[Title Drop|hobo with a shotgun]]."''|'''The Hobo''', to a group of newborn babies}}

The 2011 film '''''Hobo With A Shotgun''''' started out as a [[Real Trailer Fake Movie|fake movie trailer]] in ''[[Grindhouse]]'', but thanks to independent filmmakers from [[Useful Notes/Canada|Dartmouth, Nova Scotia]], it became the second ''Grindhouse'' trailer (after ''[[Machete]]'') to get converted into a full film.

The 2011 film '''''Hobo With A Shotgun''''' started out as a [[Real Trailer, Fake Movie|fake movie trailer]] in ''[[Grindhouse]]'', but thanks to independent filmmakers from [[Useful Notes/Canada|Dartmouth, Nova Scotia]], it became the second ''Grindhouse'' trailer (after ''[[Machete]]'') to get converted into a full film.

An elderly, nameless hobo (Rutger Hauer) arrives in the city of Hope Town, a run-down dystopian sprawl somewhere in America. The Hobo only wants to eke out a humble life in the city, but thanks to The Drake (the depraved crime boss who controls the city), urban decay runs rampant and violence has become a way of life. Tension builds as The Hobo tries to co-exist with the city-wide corruption, but when circumstances push him over the edge, he picks up a twelve-gauge and delivers bloody justice to the city's criminals.

While the film's story makes for an overly broad -- [[Gorn|and overly grotesque]] -- pastiche of the [[Vigilante Justice]] sub-genre of exploitation cinema (represented by films such as ''[[~~Death Wish (Film)|~~Death Wish]]''), Hauer contrasts the outlandishly violent story with his subtle performance -- or, at least, as subtle a performance he can turn in while playing an old train-hopping hobo battling some of the most ludicrously evil characters ever conceived.

While the film's story makes for an overly broad -- [[Gorn|and overly grotesque]] -- pastiche of the [[Vigilante Justice]] sub-genre of exploitation cinema (represented by films such as ''[[Death Wish]]''), Hauer contrasts the outlandishly violent story with his subtle performance -- or, at least, as subtle a performance he can turn in while playing an old train-hopping hobo battling some of the most ludicrously evil characters ever conceived.

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* [[Evil Duo]]: Slick and Ivan. Then later, the hitmen Rip and Grinder, a.k.a. The Plague.

* [[Evil Is Hammy]]: Drake and sons, as best exemplified in the first seven minutes wherein they execute Drake's brother in broad daylight with a passionate speech. Drake even ''dances'' on occasion.

* [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin]]: He's a hobo... with a shotgun.

* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: He's a hobo... with a shotgun.

* [[Facing the Bullets One-Liner]]: {{spoiler|We're taking a car ride to hell, ''and you're riding shotgun!''}}

* [[The Faceless]]: Rip and Grinder, aka the Plague, whose faces are never seen beneath their metal armor.

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* [[Harpoon Gun]]: Rip's choice of weapon, used to great effect when they storm the hospital.

* [[Hobo]]: With a shotgun.

* [[Hooker ~~With~~ a Heart of Gold]]: Abby, who apparently took to prostitution due to lack of opportunities in her crapsack town.

* [[Hooker with a Heart of Gold]]: Abby, who apparently took to prostitution due to lack of opportunities in her crapsack town.

* [[Hope Spot]]: About halfway through the film Abby and the Hobo make plans to leave town and start a lawnmower business. Yeah, [[It Got Worse|that doesn't work out]].

* [[Improvised Weapon]]: Abby uses {{spoiler|her ''arm bone'' against Drake, after her hand is shredded off}}.