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Lowlife

Lowlife

Crime · Thriller · Comedy · 2017

The sordid lives of an addict, an ex-con, and a luchador collide when an organ harvesting caper goes very, very wrong.

Movie details

Lowlife

“Blessed are the Meek”

2017 Crime · Thriller · Comedy 1h 38m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.1 / 10

Community rating

The sordid lives of an addict, an ex-con, and a luchador collide when an organ harvesting caper goes very, very wrong.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Ryan Prows

Written by

Tim Cairo · Jake Gibson · Shaye Ogbonna · Ryan Prows

Nicki Micheaux

Nicki Micheaux

Crystal

Mark Burnham

Mark Burnham

Teddy "Bear" Haynes

Jon Oswald

Jon Oswald

Randy

Ricardo Adam Zarate

Ricardo Adam Zarate

El Monstruo

S

Shaye Ogbonna

Keith

Santana Dempsey

Santana Dempsey

Kaylee

King Orba

King Orba

Dan

Court is in session

Put Lowlife on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.