Lowriders (2017)

Simply A Masterpiece

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

The acting in this movie is really good.

I wasn't expecting such a good movie. Wow. The atmosphere pulls you in after the first few seconds. As a European I knew nothing about the lowrider culture, except there are those nice, funny, jumping cars. It was lovely to get a glimpse inside the lowriding culture. The acting is outstanding, the story is simple but has a heart and a message. With the narration thing the whole thing felt more realistic and added so much to the atmosphere. Loved this movie, worth watching!

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.

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 (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.