Lowriders

This film is definitely worth watching. The story itself is not groundbreaking but the performances are solid. Watching Demian Bichir and Theo Rossi face off is worth the price of admission. Eva as the mom is a bad ass bitch and Gabriel as Danny holds his own.

One of the best things about the film is the glimpse we get into East LA and the Lowrider culture. It's a rich world visually and culturally. It's nice to see this world depicted in the movie theaters.

It's a strong family drama with strong acting and some powerful performances with some amazing works of art on wheels.

This film tells the story of a young man who is an aspiring graffiti artist. His brother has just been released from prison, and his mechanic father does not approve of him pursuing his dreams.

"Lowriders" is really not my world, and therefore I have difficulty in connecting with any of the characters. I never knew cars bouncing up and down existed, and never imagined that it was actually a popular thing. Graffiti is not my passion either, so I basically have very little in common with the characters. The only thing I have in common is the ability to feel bad during the lows of life, but that is not enough for me to enjoy watching "Lowriders".

Lowriders has a couple of things working against it right off the bat. First it's a Blumhouse release, which makes one think horror film. Two, the name implies it's a movie about cars, in the vein of The Fast and The Furious franchise. Lowriders is neither of these things.

What the movie is, is a family drama centred on a Mexican-American family in LA. The father owns a car shop, and is prepping to enter into a car competition for low-riding cars. These lowriders are portrayed as part of the culture down there, though I don't know enough to know how true that is.

Daniel, the main character in the movie, is a teen trying to find his way. He's a street artist (graffiti), but gets no recognition. His older brother, Francisco a.k.a Ghost just got out of jail, and recruits Daniel away from the father.

These different tensions are well played out and acted, and it's easy to get invested in the characters. Knowledge of the culture isn't necessary to find the good in the movie.

"Lowriders (2016)", a textbook example of a good movie ! While not tackling epic themes such as survival of humanity(since it's a drama), the story is told through it's characters as they make mistakes, learn upon them and change. We following their relationship within and outside the family while keeping it like a true lowrider movie, low and easy, totally opposite of F&F movies. Cinematography was really good, with lighting sometimes being really outstanding ! Overall I'd recommend this movie, even though it wasn't upfront like most modern car-culture-inspired movies. I'm giving it 7/10, a totally subjective opinion.

For a low budget movie this is pretty well made and acted. cinematography is well done. Sure it's cliché and cheesy at parts or maybe even a bit heavy handed at others... compared to a B.S. garbageathon movie like the Fast and Furious franchise (after part 1)this actually has heart. This is not Oscar worthy but Worth a rental for sure.