{"id":245709,"date":"2021-05-07T03:45:10","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T00:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/watch-equal-standard-review-intersection-of-racism-and-law-enforcement-2\/"},"modified":"2021-05-07T03:45:10","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T00:45:10","slug":"watch-equal-standard-review-intersection-of-racism-and-law-enforcement-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-equal-standard-review-intersection-of-racism-and-law-enforcement-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch &#8216;Equal Standard&#8217; Review: Intersection of Racism and Law Enforcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4113af1cdce\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4113af1cdce\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-equal-standard-review-intersection-of-racism-and-law-enforcement-2\/#%E2%80%9CWatch_Online_%E2%80%98Equal_Standard_Review_Intersection_of_Racism_and_Law_Enforcement%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Watch Online &#8216;Equal Standard&#8217; Review: Intersection of Racism and Law Enforcement&#8221;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-equal-standard-review-intersection-of-racism-and-law-enforcement-2\/#%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98Equal_Standard_Review_Intersection_of_Racism_and_Law_Enforcement%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;&#8216;Equal Standard&#8217; Review: Intersection of Racism and Law Enforcement&#8221;<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-equal-standard-review-intersection-of-racism-and-law-enforcement-2\/#optional_screen_reader\" >optional screen reader<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/watch-equal-standard-review-intersection-of-racism-and-law-enforcement-2\/#Read_More_About\" >Read More About:<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWatch_Online_%E2%80%98Equal_Standard_Review_Intersection_of_Racism_and_Law_Enforcement%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Watch Online &#8216;Equal Standard&#8217; Review: Intersection of Racism and Law Enforcement&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9C%E2%80%98Equal_Standard_Review_Intersection_of_Racism_and_Law_Enforcement%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;&#8216;Equal Standard&#8217; Review: Intersection of Racism and Law Enforcement&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div>\n                        Overlong and erratically paced, Brendan Kyle Cochrane\u2019s New York City-based \u201cEqual Standard\u201d opens with a self-conscious scene that heavy-handedly hints at an impending tragedy. There in the sun-d<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>led kitchen of the happy Jones family, Detective Chris (Tobias Truvillion), Sergeant Jackie (Syleena Johnson) and their adorable daughter lovingly go about their rosy morning routine, while an over-sentimental score embellished with stark notes of caution (one of the film\u2019s various recurring motifs of unsubtlety) accompanies the perfect picture. As the doting husband and wife exchange their daily goodbyes before taking off for their high-risk professions, there is so much weight and emphasis placed on the concerned Jackie when she says \u201cBe safe\u201d that you prophetically know Chris is soon going to need that advice.<\/p>\n<p>Aiming to be \u201cThe Wire\u201d of the Black Lives Matter era with a multi-pronged yarn penned by first-time feature writer Taheim Bryan, \u201cEqual Standard\u201d 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. A considerable part of the problem is Bryan\u2019s on-the-nose writing that over-explains the film\u2019s ideas at every turn.<\/p>\n<p>In his crowded ecosystem \u2014 which consists of law enforcement figures, street gangs, governmental players, racist church leaders and middle-class families on different ends of the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> spectrum \u2014 there isn\u2019t really much new to harvest other than the most obvious fact: Racism is an evil vicious circle. While the film will surely attract audiences on account of its timely and urgent themes, this defining moment in American history deserves something more inquiring and sophisticated in dissecting the well-documented negligence and racism within the police force and their appalling impact on the communities cops are supposed to serve and protect.<\/p>\n<p>The other major limitation here is the wide-ranging quality of acting and the wooden delivery of the already clumsy dialogue that makes large portions of \u201cEqual Standard\u201d sound like a corporate training video designed to educate viewers on critical societal issues. Thankfully, Truvillion in one of the leading parts is an exception to this overarching shortcoming. As Chris, a good cop in a barrel of bad apples, he puts forth a performance that is in equal parts authentic and tender.<\/p>\n<p>Before the movie\u2019s chief incident changes his life forever, we observe Chris as he uses his authority for the good of his people while the world outside continues to react to the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> of an innocent black man nonsensically and fatally shot by a white police officer. Despite being a Blue, similar troubles find Chris soon enough, when a white cop, Peter McKenzie (Rob Minutoli), confronts and searches him out of nowhere one night, refuses to believe the legitimacy of his police credentials and turns the confrontation violent, with Chris fatally shooting him out of self defense after getting injured by a gunshot himself.<\/p>\n<p>Part of \u201cEqual Standard\u201d wrestles with examining this case from various angles. Unfortunately, it loses track of its narrative priorities elsewhere, both due to an overstuffed screenplay that superfluously insists upon giving everyone a voice and Pete Talamo\u2019s scattershot editing, which further convolutes a story that is already bursting at the seams. At least the writer-director duo prove to be at ease with the material set in the streets of New York (mostly around Queens), with Cochrane capturing the city\u2019s urban dynamics with some sense of visual rhythm, and Bryan vividly bringing to life two rival gangs seeking peace and truce at a time of turmoil.<\/p>\n<p>While these are some of the more successful scenes of \u201cEqual Standard,\u201d with a number of roles played by Ice-T (also an executive producer), Hassan Johnson and Fredro Starr, they are also among the film\u2019s most distracting, keeping the audience away from the main dramatic tension Chris gets wrapped up in for unwelcome amounts of time. But when the movie switches its focus back to him, it actually manages to remain somewhat compelling, following both McKenzie\u2019s surviving family \u2014 including his agitated and racist brother, Josh (Brad Fleischer), looking to ignite violence in revenge, and more sensible sibling, Kevin (Chris Kerson) \u2014 as well as the painstaking bureau investigations that try to get to the bottom of the deadly events between Chris and Peter.<\/p>\n<p>Compared to other recent and more successful films with themes at the intersection of law enforcement and racial identity (such as \u201cBlack and Blue\u201d and especially \u201cThe Hate U Give\u201d), \u201cEqual Standard\u201d comes across as both naive and a missed opportunity that bafflingly fails to engage with even the most basic of its arguments beyond surface level. Between their frequent and haphazard changes in perspective and lecture-like scenes for an already converted crowd, Cochrane and Bryan sadly deliver something hollow and inconclusive.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-tags \/\/ a-children-icon-bullet lrv-u-font-family-primary u-letter-spacing-012 lrv-u-line-height-large lrv-u-color-brand-primary\">\n<h2 id=\"optional-screen-reader\" class=\"lrv-a-screen-reader-only\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"optional_screen_reader\"><\/span>\n        optional screen reader  <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<nav class=\"o-nav  o-nav lrv-u-border-b-1 u-border-color-brand-secondary-40 lrv-u-border-t-1 lrv-u-text-align-center lrv-u-padding-b-025 u-padding-t-050@desktop u-padding-t-050@tablet u-padding-t-050@mobile-max lrv-u-margin-t-2 lrv-u-margin-b-2\" data-dropdown=\"\">\n<h4 id=\"\" class=\"o-nav__title lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-font-family-secondary o-nav__title a-content-ignore u-line-height-140 u-letter-spacing-0002\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Read_More_About\"><\/span>Read More About:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/nav>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" class=\"optanon-category-C0004\">\n  !function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    if (f.fbq) return;\n    n = f.fbq = function() {\n      n.callMethod ?\n          n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n    };\n    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n    n.push = n;\n    n.loaded = !0;\n    n.version = '2.0';\n    n.queue = [];\n    t = b.createElement(e);\n    t.async = !0;\n    t.src = v;\n    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n  }(window, document, 'script',\n      'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '586935388485447');\n  fbq('init', '315552255725686');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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