Not to be outdone by its New York City and Chicago counterparts, the Montreal gang wars of the past decade prove Canada isn’t the idyllic place of kindness and cleanliness some would describe it as. In Michel Jetté’s Bumrush, we’re shown how uncontrollable it can all get when the underworld is left without anyone to keep its tenuous balance intact. Learning about the inter-workings of bikers, Haitians, Italians, Jamaicans, and the bouncers caught in the middle from an inquiry made after the infamous Shark Operation of 2009 police takedown, Jetté carefully dramatizes the events into a sprawling story that puts us right in the middle of the action.
Who knew arresting the Italian mob and biker bosses would actually make Montreal worse? With those two peacekeepers in jail, open season is declared in the streets as the Haitians and Jamaicans vie for control. Unhinged and unaccountable, these two...
Who knew arresting the Italian mob and biker bosses would actually make Montreal worse? With those two peacekeepers in jail, open season is declared in the streets as the Haitians and Jamaicans vie for control. Unhinged and unaccountable, these two...
- 10/6/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
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