Lowriders

I think they gloss over the violence but the movie really flows nicely. Between the intense drama and the car scenes, I was riveted! I'm going to recommend this movie to my friends.

While not on a track for oscars, this is the rare film that is extremely realistic. Bichir is A-lister and was super solid. Theo Rossi was a huge surprise and nailed it. even the lesser characters were very realistic, especially the long hair kid; not everyone in ela is a hard core banger. my only issue is i would have liked a dif soundtrack, especially the closing song. but hey, who am i. i highly recommend especially for angelenos who don't knwo ela and want to open your eyes.

I watched this at home on BluRay from my local library. Being a white guy who grew up in the deep south, the Lowrider culture of East L.A. is pretty far from my interests, but I found that part of it very interesting. I actually looked up this movie because of Melissa Benoist who plays a young photographer and becomes the girlfriend of Danny. Benoist had a starring role in the TV series "Glee" and currently stars as Supergirl in the TV series. She is cute and a good actress, but she is mostly wasted in her role here. The father has two sons, a younger one, Danny, still at home and an older one, 'Ghost', just getting out of prison. The younger one is a budding artist but mostly painting graffiti around L.A., often having to elude police. The older was imprisoned for theft, stealing parts for his lowrider. The story evolves into the relationships between the father and the two sons who blame him for the early death of their mother. Overall a worthwhile viewing.

At the beginning you think that it s gonna be movie about family that runs lowrider bussiness in south LA but after few minutes you can see that it s just background of family problems between sons and father. Old man wants to do lowriders, youngest son Danny wants to be artist but father doesnt like this idea and eldest son Francisco (Ghost) was in prison and has big problem with is father that will be solved after lots of fights and arguements. End is a little bit dramatic that looks good and it s not overflowing and at the end is happy end that everybody wanted to see. I love this movie, it has everything that should be in movie like this. It has crazy cars, guns, little stories that makes movie whole (like Danny dont remember face of his mother, beaf beetween Ghost and dad etc). I think its underrated movie because lot of people dont know much about priority of family in the mexican culture. So i recommend this movie because i think it s amazing movie and you should watch it and i hope you will like it too. See yaa Marko

Good film but could've been better. Too many camera close ups on people's faces. It was constantly happening in scenes and taking you out of situation/moment & away from the tension of the situation. I enjoyed the lowrider cars. That was something different. Something unusual in films. All the cool cars and the great designs. The cast was great as well. Demian Bechir. Theo Rossi. Melissa Benoist. Eva Longoria. The main character / actor was a bit weaker than the rest of the cast but he was not too bad. The plot / story / family drama was solid but nothing we haven't seen before. Overall, a bit more to the story and better camera angles / shots would've made this a much better movie. Even so, a solid movie.

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.

"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.

DANG IT, I was NOT expecting to like this movie so much !!! I was expecting a car film (as Fast and Furious) and a wild crazy ride. Instead I got an incredible, (relatable) performance by every family member, education on the Lowrider culture and knowledge about the Hispanic pride and history behind it, and how we ALL must not lose our heritage (I could seriously put my Polish genetic history in here).....it is a film with MANY LEVELS that you simply MUST watch. You know how some films keep you thinking about the characters and their lives after you watch it???? THIS is DEFINEITELY ONE OF THOSE FILMS !!

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!