The opening scene of Low Riders vs. Zombies from Space is kind of fun as a Latino car enthusiast spots a meteor crashing to Earth. I only wish the rest of the movie lived up to this sequence, which is a nice mix of ‘50s sci-fi and 21st century muscle cars. Heck, it even has a hard time living up to its title.
A mechanic who owns a low rider equipped with a snazzy hydraulic system picks up his sultry firecracker of a girlfriend for a date at the local VFW. Meanwhile, two valets smoke weed contaminated by the fallout of the meteor and turn into zombies. Eventually, they crash the venue and turn more people into zombies, leaving our heroes to fight for their lives.
Low Riders vs. Zombies from Space is long on Low Riders and short on Zombies from Space. In fact, the zombies don’t even show up till the last twenty minutes of the movie. Before that, a lot of the running time is devoted to long scenes of people driving around, which is little more than an excuse to show a bunch of hot-waxed hot rods bouncing up and down and profiling along the strip. These scenes go on forever and feel like a low rider version of Manos, the Hands of Fate. At least the cheesy rap songs that accompany these sequences are good for a laugh.
A lot of the time, you’ll swear someone just filmed footage from a car show and made it into a horror movie. One long sequence involves car club members lining up their cars in a parking lot and showing off their hydraulics. Still, even with a running time that’s relatively scant (fifty-seven minutes), these scenes go on forever and are ultimately kinda pointless. By the time the finale does roll around, it feels rushed and anticlimactic. There are one or two amusing moments here and there (like when a car bounces around and squashes a zombie), but honestly, it’s not quite enough to make it worthwhile.
AKA: Lowriders vs. Zombies from Space. AKA: Lowriders vs. Zombies.
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