| Director: | Brendan Kyle Cochrane |
| Cinematography: | Snyder Derival |
| Editing: | Pete Talamo |
| Music: | Ben B. Goss |
| Production Companies: | First Born Production Digital Seven |
| Distributor: | Mutiny Pictures |
| Runtime: | 111 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Gross: | $15,938[1] |
Equal Standard is a 2020 American crime drama film written by Taheim Bryan and directed by Brendan Kyle Cochrane. The film stars Ice-T, Maurice Benard, Tobias Truvillion, Syleena Johnson, Robert Clohessy, Chris Kerson and Jules Willcox. The film follows New York City Detective Chris Jones (Tobias Truvillion) who get shot by a white detective, returns fire and kills him.
The film was released in selected theatres on May 7, 2021, by Mutiny Pictures.[2] Film writer Taheim Bryan was shot to death in New York City in August 2021 sitting in his Mercedes-Benz.[3]
Film critic Tomris Laffly from Variety gave it a mixed review writing: "Trying to be The Wire of the BLM era, Brendan Kyle Cochrane's haphazardly edited New York-based drama of shifting perspectives feels too unfocused and overstuffed for a feature." and same time praised Truvillion's performance writing: "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."[4]
Sandie Angulo Chen from Common Sense Media gave it 3 of 5 stars writing: "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."[5]