4/29/2018As hilarious as it is gory, the story revolves around three characters serendipitously brought together by a kingpin. The stories were non-linear as to provide focus on said characters and were pretty tight.

Director Ryan Prows is a modern Chaucer for our age and Lowlife is his Canterbury, if Chaucer had been hysterically funny and making kick-ass movies that is. Lowlife is one of those films that you can't stop thinking about when you leave the theater. Sure, it's a blindingly fun ride while you're there, but the film's story - with its tales of woe, and quest, and redemption - is ageless. The lowlifes in Prows' tale are the people you'd walk right past on the street, trying your best not to make any eye contact or sudden moves. Lowlife gives these people the respect they deserve (or in some cases they get what they deserve), and then some. What we find through this film is that an uncommonly flawed person can be an uncommonly badass super hero given the chance. And when that chance comes, you won't be able to avoid eye contact any longer.

A throwback to the mid-to-late 90s when every indie filmmaker wanted to be Tarantino.

Love this movie. Entertains but also shines a light on people in society that should be getting more attention. Love seeing a complex female lead!

Lowlife made me laugh, wince and cry - My holy trinity of a satisfying film watch! Great storytelling that layers the movie with rich characters and motive.

So glad this is getting good reviews. Saw it at Frightfest earlier this year and it was one of the best they showed. For a film that exists in the sleazier aspects of human life it has a surprisingly warm heart. Thoroughly recommend

Brilliant filmmaking from beginning to end!

[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.

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

Lowlife is one of those exciting feature debuts that announces the arrival of a filmmaker who instantly has your attention.

Croisement entre Pulp Fiction et Amores Perros, Lowlife est un sidérant thriller criminel teinté de mélodrame qui s'impose comme la plus incroyable découverte de l'année jusqu'à maintenant. [Full review in French]

... has style and attitude to spare, a Tarantino throwback vibe, and a quirky sense of humor.

Make no mistake, Lowlife has all the earmarks of a true cult classic in the making, and I do think it's a film that will not only be buzzed about for some time, but will also reap great rewards upon repeated viewings.

The tangled plot is ultimately too simple, and the film's sociopolitical commentary too paltry. But "Lowlife" does have a refreshingly varied and up-to-date cast of characters. With seedy B-movies, just a little bit of ambition elevates the generic.

Nicely calibrates a twisty course between straight crime melodrama and black comedy, one that has cult-following potential among adventurous genre fans.