BumRush is a 2011 Canadian

Canada

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 film directed by Michel Jetté

Michel Jetté

Michel Jetté is a Québecois director, screenwriter, producer and editor. He produced three full-length movies, several short films, and over a hundred television reports...

. BumRush is an independent film that was shot in Montreal

Montreal

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 in French

French language

French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

 and English and features Emmanuel Auger in the lead role of L'Kid and Bad News Brown in the role of gang leader Loosecanon. Musician and actor Bad News Brown was murdered soon after shooting of the film. The film features some of his musical works. BumRush premiered on Canadian theaters on 1 April 2011.

Plot

BumRush is inspired by real events that happened in Montreal. Bumrush refers to "storming into an establishment". After a series of raids by Montreal police on the criminal bikers gang and the Italian Mafia, a vacuum is created leading to a turf war between rival street gangs to fill the void. The "Kingdom" bar sees a new bloody chapter in the Quebec

Quebec

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 underworld including a series of attacks by the "IB 11" gang on the bar, forcing the owner to hire five extraordinary men under the leadership of "L'Kid" to confront the gangs.

Cast

• Emmanuel Auger - L'Kid
• Dara Lowe - Catherine
• Pat Lemaire - Papy
• Jézabel Drolet - Lou, Papy's sister
• Bad News Brown - Loosecanon, a senior in "IB 11" gang
• Robert Pace - Le Boss, head of "IB 11"
• Sylvain Beauchamp - Tank, L'Kid's guard
• Constant Gagné - Shrink
• Alain Nadro - Momo
• Paul Dion - Victor, police investigator
• Jacques Kartier - Bam Bam, senior in "IB 11"
• Giuseppe Giancaspro - "Brain" Martino, a senior in the Italian clan
• Carmine Napolitano - Tiny, "Brain"'s bodyguard
• Dj Cook - Mongol, member of NMB gang
• Jerry Guerrier - 8 Ball
• Louis-David Morasse - Buzz, senior in the bikers gang
• Sheilla Azmitia - Angy, Loosecanon's girlfriend
• Vandal Vixen - Loli, 8 Ball's gilrfiend
• Frost - Q
• Tchak - senior in "IB 11"