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A black police officer is pushed to the edge, taking out his frustrations on the privileged community he's sworn to protect.
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| Black Girl NerdsJamie BroadnaxBowles does a fantastic job of intercutting real footage into some scenes that spark a visceral reaction and shapes the film's narrative to remind you that these moments are very real. |
| Globe and MailBarry HertzTilting between social satire and pitch-black drama with unnerving ease, Cory Bowles's feature debut Black Cop is an intriguing high-wire act. |
| Cinema ScopeJosh CabritaFor all its visceral images, the film's raw power isn't matched by equally provocative ideas. |
| The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia)Tara Thorne[Ronnie] Rowe's performance is one incrementally furious thread of reaction-whether he feels guilt or remorse is up to you-while scenes of direct camera address allow glances of his fury. |
| National PostChris KnightBlack Cop is a real conversation starter. |
| Toronto StarPeter HowellBowles expands an earlier short into an engrossing and uncompromising feature debut... |
| Original CinJim SlotekRowe simmers with enough subtlety that his sudden outbreaks of violence seem to burst from somewhere deep. And the almost absurd unlikeliness of the "white profiling" is disturbing when you stop to think of the ordinariness of the reverse. |
| Solzy at the MoviesDanielle SolzmanCory Bowles uses unapologetic satire to explore the racial tensions within the police force and communities. |
| User Reviewsandra sI see cops as angry people who has been hurt from others. This movie has opened my eyeys as a black women! Blacks are pushed around pulled over for no reason and white people think they shouldn't be profiled. |
| User ReviewRevenge OFirst-time director Cory Bowles' 'Black Cop' is part gritty drama, part biting satire and altogether unsettling. As a devastating examination of racial profiling within the police force, the premise couldn't be more topical, and Bowles never once flinches from the uncomfortable moral dilemmas his film brings to the table. As the titular cop pushed beyond his limits, Toronto actor Ronnie Rowe Jr. is sensational here; even at his most despicable, Rowe never lets his character's bubbling rage distract from the lifetime of pain that fuels it. It's a supremely confident debut by a Canadian director whose voice is sorely needed. |