From Bloody Brit Productions comes Hobo With a Trash Can, an anthology film made on a budget of roughly $700. Each director was given a dollar to purchase an item and have their story revolve around said item. While watching, I wanted to be forgiving because of the budget but it just didn’t work for me.
The film opens with a pretty cool animated title sequence, it reminded me a lot of something from a Monty Python skit. We meet our titular hobo who is searching through the trash for lunch when all of a sudden a woman assails him with a frying pan. When he grabs the frying pan a weird effect happens, he has a seizure, and we are teleported to a segment. This happens every time he gets a new item.
There are a total of 7 segments, including the wrap around, and it was a struggle to get through them all even at only 89 minutes. As I said the story behind each segment follows one specific item said hobo has dug out of the trash. Several of segments were actually pretty enjoyable such as “Frying Saucer” an alien tale and “CondomDemned” about a jealous lover. But the rest are difficult to get through.
I know this is extremely low budget and that factors in a lot to the quality of a film but an extra $500 or so would have made this a more enjoyable experience. I’m just not a fan of shoestring budget movies because I can see so much potential usually that could be fully formed.
Another issue I have with Hobo is the acting. Oh man are some segments really torn down because of the acting. Everyone seems to be having fun and that definitely matters when making a movie, but some of these actors are painful to watch.
Bloodybrit Productions and some of the writers involved have the potential to make decent movies with some polishing and budgeting. These guys had fun making Hobo With a Trash Can and I applaud that, but I’d really like to see what they can do when taking things a tad more seriously.