Initially,
it was one of the fake trailers shown before the Grindhouse, the movie by
nostalgic Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino. Inspired by the style of 70s,
it was an ode to good old times of small cinemas, small screens and bad quality
tapes. The trailers that were shown before were the masterpiece themselves. The
fake trailers gave rise to two real movies: Machete and Hobo with a Shotgun,
fully absorbing the ideology of Grindhouse, yet still being completely
different.
To start
with, Hobo with a Shotgun is still an ode to good old times. The movie looks
like 70s, sounds like 70s, feels like 70s. Only true fans of the style were
able to recreate it so close to reality, yet keeping it alive, rather than just
a mummy. Movie is captivating, interesting and (sometimes) funny. But don’t get
me wrong – there is nothing in the movie itself that is good. It is the
atmosphere that it brings along, the characters it lovingly recreates. Take the
main antagonists: they are cruel and scary, yet charismatic and charming – in their
own way, of course.
