Low Life

I wasn't expecting much from the IMDB rating of Low Life, but this was quite a riveting film! As cliche as it sounds, it really is a nonstop thrill ride with a great premise and many unexpected twists and turns.

Wes Dunlap is impossible to take your eyes of off. He plays the damaged, narcissistic, charismatic, virtue-signalling YouTuber to perfection. He reminded me a lot of Robert Pattinson's Connie Nikas in Good Time. Someone who's good at thinking on his feet and getting others to go along with what he needs.

Lucy Urbano was also a standout, but all the actors had really amazing performances, helped a lot by a script that made the characters feel like real people in real (terrible) situations.

If you want something unexpected and don't mind the dark and twisted, this is definitely for you.

The lead character almost gave me an anxiety attack. Maybe that was the point. I just found him to be very nerve-racking and obnoxious. The movie itself was hard to get through. About 30 minutes in I almost turned it off but decided to stick it out. That was a bad idea because nothing of any real significance happends until the last 20 minutes. It felt like that card game scene went on forever. It was torture getting through that. On the positive side, I will say I liked the ending. It got pretty intense there for a second, but it would of been nice to see what happened with the main character. 4 stars.

The plot is decent. Unfortunately the screenplay, the acting and direction are mediocre to say the least.

This movie is not well made at all. It's badly paced. Really slow, unnecessarily drawn out scenes of the characters freaking out with not much going.

The dialogue takes you nowhere. Nowhere at all. Almost feels like the dialogue was mostly improvised.

The zoomer over reaction to everything as a plot device is just frustrating and makes the movie seem stupider and super obnoxious.

The dialogue is just ridiculous. Some of the actions of the main guy seem so stupid. There is so much freaking out in this movie.

I think the cast feels acting and freaking out are basically the same thing. Obviously they are wrong and I totally do regret watching this. I don't know this gets two stars instead of one. Maybe for the original story, ish.

A select few will reward you. For whatever reason this movie works. Some minor flaws and irritating dialogue but the story moves fast and comes together with a nice bow at the end. High Marks to the lead actor as he took a complicated character and ultimately made him interesting. I usually fast forward thru movies like this but at no time did I feel it necessary. In fact I found myself interested in how it would progress. I believe the one weakness in this film were the contributions from his two male friends. One was a little too psycho (drugs) and the other friend was just a warm body waiting to die - Seven stars.

This movie was so painful to get through. Everything about it. The script, the acting, the concept, the pacing. You can tell two stupid boys wrote this movie. Kudos to their creativity and actually executing but this was horrid.

What was the point? Where are we headed? What is happening? I cannot believe I sat through this. Well I suffered through. I was going to cut it off and watch a video of chalk being scraped on a chalk board or stare at my ceiling but I saw it through. Thank goodness it was free on Tubi.

I say read the real reviews...anything over a 4 is a hilarious lie. Take heed and watch at your own risk.