Destined

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Destined

Released Nov 17, 2017

1h 32m

Drama

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7 Reviews

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In one world, Rasheed is a hardened criminal who has spent years building his drug empire. In another, he is an ambitious architect who has been working his way up the corporate ladder. Illustrated through parallel lives, we explore how one man's future can be changed by a single moment. Facing everything from street violence to corporate corruption, Rasheed navigates his role in each world while demonstrating that life is never simple in the journey toward fulfilling your destiny.

Robert Abele

Los Angeles Times

Basir flubs his big point about fate, choices and paths - that no matter our lives, we face the chance to change for good or bad - by embracing all the clichs he can find, then filming them without nuance or style.

Nov 16, 2017

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Frank Scheck

The Hollywood Reporter

Unfortunately, the two stories add up to less than the sum of their parts, with the intertwining narratives failing to comment on each other in sufficiently resonant fashion.

Nov 16, 2017

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Leigh Monson

Substream Magazine

...two halves that don't quite make a compelling whole.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 1, 2020

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Debbie Lynn Elias

Behind The Lens

Examining the cause and effect of a moment in time...and above all, free will and choice, Qasim Basir delivers Destined, one of the most powerful films of the year.

Nov 16, 2018

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Jared Mobarak

The Film Stage

[Destined is] a film as much about showing audiences our similarities beneath nature/nurture as it is the guilt and regret we carry everyday.

Rated: B-

Nov 21, 2017

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Kam Williams

Baret News

An amusing idea that runs out of steam not long after the premise is established.

Rated: 1.5/4

Nov 17, 2017

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Audience Member

Hard to follow the too-ing and fro-ing. I get that Sheed was in a bronze tone and RaSheed was in normal tone, but sometimes it was extremely difficult to keep up and distinguish between the two.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/18/23

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Audience Member

This is a powerful indie film that covers so many issues about black America, family values, perception and roles of black men in a gentrified America...Any fans of indie film should give this a watch for powerhouse performances!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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Audience Member

The movie depicts 2 possible life paths of a man growing up in the projects - one as an architect, one in the drug trade. Very well done.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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In one world, Rasheed is a hardened criminal who has spent years building his drug empire. In another, he is an ambitious architect who has been working his way up the corporate ladder. Illustrated through parallel lives, we explore how one man's future can be changed by a single moment. Facing everything from street violence to corporate corruption, Rasheed navigates his role in each world while demonstrating that life is never simple in the journey toward fulfilling your destiny.

Director: Qasim Basir
Producer: Tommy Oliver, Matt Ratner, Rick Rosenthal, Codie Elaine Oliver
Screenwriter: Qasim Basir
Distributor: XLrator Media
Production Co: Whitewater Films, Tilted Windmill Productions
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 17, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 18, 2018
Runtime: 1h 32m

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