BEEBA BOYS Trailer

I have a preference for the fantasy gangster genre. Heck, I even want to make one when I get the money and it’ll be brilliant. Before I become too engrossed on that point, I’d like to mention it’s refreshing to find a film willing to be diverse and yet not be. Typically, in a Canadian or American-made film, everyone in the gang is of one culture. This film is no exception. The only difference from most other films is that this gang is Indian. No, not Native American Indian. Indian as in from India. I’m sorry I had to explain that but you meet certain people. This is the trailer for Beeba Boys.

This dramatic crime thriller is directed by Deepa Mehta, and stars Randeep Hooda and Ali Momen. The story, as I can gather, is about an Indo-Canadian gang aiming to take over the Vancouver drug and arms scene from an opposing older Indo syndicate. Essentially, they want the money, the power, and the women. An understandable but ultimately boring plot akin to the films of yesteryear.

One thing I think that makes a truly good gangster film is a sense of honor or “iron rule”, if you will. Think back to the old Godfather films except 3 and remember certain facts. Gangs aren’t born to pursue crime, they’re born out of a necessity to survive, like the tribes of old. Rules are put into effect to maintain the integrity of the tribe as they are in societies. The Beeba Boys doesn’t seem to have anything like that, just like most of the current gangster films. More or less, we just get power fantasies.

Protaganists are usually moles or some “traitor” within the gang structure. There may be one in this film but I can’t find a decent plot summary that isn’t just selling the film. From the trailer itself, you mainly get a sense of DePalma’s Scarface. That means that the audience gets hyper-violence, moral corruption, and madness. Qualities that exemplify power lauded over normal people’s heads.

Of the good things in this film is that it’s showing off different actors here. Diversity is good. I’ll tell you that a thousand times over because it means exposure to what the real world looks like. If you’ve lived your life in a place where everything has been the same few colors for ages, you’re probably stuck in the movie Pleasantville. Already, I can tell the film work meets basic standards and the shots look good.

If you want to do something for the weekend, there are worse things than spending a few hours watching this film.

Beeba Boys is out now in Canada. I guess the rest of the world is out of luck, for now.

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