Lowlife

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Lowlife

2017

1h 36m

Comedy

Drama

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The lives of a luchador, an ex-con and an addict collide when an organ harvesting scheme goes awry.

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Critics Consensus

A darkly funny crime chronicle, Lowlife presents a Los Angeles teeming with memorable characters and propulsive style.

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Richard Whittaker

Austin Chronicle

[Ryan] Prows also has a more deft and adroit handling of race relations in modern America. While Tarantino has always tackled race head-on, if often with too blunt a tool, Lowlife manages to feed in more subtlety.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 19, 2018

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

The climax is suitably violent, and I honestly love the fact that Prows keeps the blood and gore to a minimum.

Rated: 3/4

Apr 18, 2018

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Nick Allen

RogerEbert.com

A shallow exercise in nastiness, contriving different ways that people can be cruel to each other.

Rated: 2/4

Apr 6, 2018

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Emilie Black

Cinema Crazed

Lowlife is there to remind Hollywood that there are plenty good, entertaining films left to be made before more remakes should be pumped out. It's an original story with a familiar style that works great.

Rated: 4/5

Apr 12, 2020

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Joey Keogh

Wicked Horror

The story, slight as it is, hooks you in from the outset and doesn't let go as it hops all over L.A's seediest spots, rubbing our noses in the dirt.

Rated: 8/10

Oct 1, 2019

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Carolyn Mauricette

Cinema Axis

It's a must-see for its wonderfully original story and equally memorable characters.

May 16, 2019

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Michael J

Many reviewers say it’s like a Tarantino movie maybe because the bad guy looks like Tarantino (which I found hilarious)… but it does feel like a Tarantino movie. I liked it. It’s a low budget film but doesn’t feel that way. Storyline connects well at the end. Overall recommended

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/15/24

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Audience Member

Comedy? This nasty piece of sub-Tarantino crap makes Tarantino himself look like a master of philanthropy. The trope of showing us how low the scum of the earth can sink, so we can then vicariously join in their gut-spattered come-uppance was considered putrid when Bronson and Winner were peddling their Death Wish movies over 40 years ago. Tarantino gets away with the same repulsive scenario over and over because he once possessed immense promise, now squandered, and he mercilessly bullies anyone who questions his omniscience. Now his imitators can show him there are many more fathoms to explore before we hit rock bottom. It's a shame: there's talent involved here, most of it wasted, most of it doomed to remain unwitnessed by anyone without a strong stomach or who possesses a moral compass.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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Pretty much a perfect B-movie. Ridiculous but well cast, well acted, well written and darkly funny.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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The Pulp Fiction of the 2010s

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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Audience Member

Some quite good story telling, although the plot is a little thin. Good idea behind the film, but could have been executed better. Still worth a watch though.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Audience Member

Extremely entertaining mash-up of a group of eclectic and engaging lowlifes. The story jumps all over the place, giving you the perspective of each character, before finally joining together, to make a ghetto crime-story version of the Avengers. It's loads of fun.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/31/20

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Synopsis

The lives of a luchador, an ex-con and an addict collide when an organ harvesting scheme goes awry.

Director: Ryan Prows
Producer: Derek Bishe, Tim Cairo, Narineh Hacopian
Screenwriter: Shaye Ogbonna, Ryan Prows, Tim Cairo, Jake Gibson, Maxwell Michael Towson
Production Co: AFilms
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 9, 2018
Runtime: 1h 36m

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