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Equal Standard

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Equal Standard

Released May 7, 2021

1h 41m

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Drama

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4 Reviews

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Communities and gang members come together after an NYPD detective shoots a Black man.

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Tomris Laffly

Variety

"Equal Standard" sadly exhibits a consistent lack of restraint while the story widens its scope and stakes, falling notably short of its well-intentioned ambitions to honor multiple viewpoints amid rising racial tensions.

May 7, 2021

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Liam Lacey

Original Cin

Poorly paced and awkwardly written, Equal Standard brings little value to the issue of racism and the law.

Jun 4, 2021

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Sandie Angulo Chen

Common Sense Media

Relevant themes and Truvillion's stand-out performance rescue this drama from preachy dialogue and oversimplification of the tensions between Black communities and law enforcement.

Rated: 3/5

May 19, 2021

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Abbie Bernstein

Assignment X

Director Brendan Kyle Cochrane gets a lot out of the New York environments, and goes with a naturalistic approach to the material.

Rated: B

May 15, 2020

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Facebook U

Excellent movie that throughly depicted the hard truth regarding racial relations and the tension that exist between the Police and the Black community.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/10/21

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Reginald K

For a movie made for $100K+ the Director Brendan Kyle Cochrane did an unbelievable job. Shot in Queens in 11 days with 100 actors this was no small feat. Congratulations and props to Taheim for writing it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/26/25

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Jan C

I found this to be one of the best reasons to help combat police brutality. I think this could be a good starting point for open, raw, and honest dialogue about integrity, accountability, and human nature. There is, and always will be, our side and their side. Somewhere in the middle is the truth. While I could've totally done without the excessive use of f-bombs and n-words, it didn't take away from the intent and message. I thought they'd show more about the children in the movie. Good job overall. I recommend this.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/09/24

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Meghan J

It has a good story and has potential to be an excellent movie if it had a better cast some of the actors seem like they're amateurs. Otherwise it could've been a good movie.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

06/24/23

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jizzy b

Excellent! There is nothing bad I've found in this movie. It`s relevance goes without words but the way is it put together is an attempt that many have tried. This movie delivers.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/13/21

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Audience Member

Pretty Decent movie. One of the best Cop movies I've seen in a while. Acting could of been better but it was a decent movie.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

05/08/21

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Tobias Truvillion

Detective Chris Jones

Robert Clohessy

Internal Affairs Detective Rullan

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Communities and gang members come together after an NYPD detective shoots a Black man.

Director: Brendan Kyle Cochrane
Producer: Taheim Bryan, Brendan Kyle Cochrane, Treach, Jen Emma Hertel, Rob Simmons
Screenwriter: Taheim Bryan
Distributor: Mutiny Pictures
Production Co: First Born Production, Digital Seven
Genre: Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 7, 2021, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 8, 2021
Runtime: 1h 41m

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