BEEBA BOYS
Gala Presentation D: Deepa Mehta. Canada. 103 min. Sep 13, 6:30 pm Roy Thomson Hall Sep 14, 2:30 pm Scotiabank 1. See listing. Rating: NNNN
Get ready for something completely different from Mehta. Her latest is a visceral, graphically violent gangster pic about Vancouver gangs fighting over turf.
Gorgeous to look at, the pic is heart-stoppingly kinetic – almost too much so – as upstart Jeet Johar (Randeep Hooda) and his gang battles Robbie Grewal (Gulshan Grover) and his crew.
This being Mehta, the female characters are three-dimensional: Balinder Johal gives Jeet’s mom real heft, and Sarah Allen as Jeet’s girlfriend channels Michelle Pfeiffer in more ways than one.
Love the sly Canadiana references, and was that really Paul Gross?
