Lowriders 2016

    Danny lives in East Los Angeles and he is into graffiti art.  He's been arrested and his father Miguel has had to bail him out.  His father is very much into the lowrider car culture.  In the beginning, Danny isn't interested but then he find out he's very good at portraits and detailing of the cars.  There will be a contest with a prize of $10,000 and they want to be the winner.  A complication is Danny's older brother Ghost has been released from prison and he will also enter a car.  There are a lot of problems between Ghost and Miguel.
     I do like the lowrider cars and I've seen them going down the street with their hydraulics.  I really like the older cars and the paint work.  Originally, the hydraulics were used to raise the cars to the legal limit when checked by authorities.  There was a backlash against lowriders on January 1, 1958 when Section 24008 of the California Vehicle Code made it illegal to operate any car modified so that any part was lower than the bottoms of its wheel rims.  Slow and low is their motto and this style began between the mid-to-late 1940's and during the post-war prosperity of the 1950's.  A statement was made by the painting and the style of the cars to reflect the Mexican culture and also send a political message.  3 1/2* (I liked this movie)

98 min, Adventure directed by Ricardo de Montreuil with Gabriel Chavarria, Demian Bichir, Theo Rossi, Tony Revolori, Melissa Benoist, Yvette Monreal Eva Longoria, Montse Hernandez.

Note:  Imdb 5.6 out of 10, 55% critic 63% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Roger Ebert 3*, Amazon 4.4* out of 5* with 47 reviews, Metacritic 57 out of 100 with 9 critics.
Special Note:  Filmed in Los Angeles, California.  Originally, Lily Collins was scheduled to play a role but she had scheduling conflicts.