Gang of Roses

Gang of Roses
Gang of Roses
Directed by	Jean-Claude La Marre
Written by	Jean-Claude La Marre
Produced by	Brian "Skinny B." Lewis; Doug Schwab; Jean-Claude La Marre; Jesse H. Rivard; Kim Percival; Larry Rattner; Lila Aviv; Liz La Marre; Matt R. Brady; Tim Swain
Starring	Monica Calhoun; Lil' Kim; LisaRaye; Marie Matiko; Stacey Dash; Roselyn Sánchez
Cinematography	Ben Kufrin
Music by	Michael Cohen
Distributed by	Lionsgate
Release date	October 10, 2003;
Running time	105 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$400,000

Gang of Roses is a 2003 Western action drama film written and directed by Jean-Claude La Marre.^[1] It starred Monica Calhoun, Lil' Kim, LisaRaye, Charity Hill, Bobby Brown, Stacey Dash, Roselyn Sánchez, and Marie Matiko. The movie took just 18 days to film.^[2]

The film followed by a sequel, Gang of Roses II: Next Generation (2012).

Plot

The film starts off with Left Eye Watkins and his gang attempting to bully Sheriff Shoeshine Michel into giving them gold and women. A female member of the gang is extremely enthusiastic about the women and sets out to rape a can-can girl in the middle of town. While resisting, the can-can cuts the female gang member who in turns shoots her in the middle of the road.

The can-can girl happens to be the sister of Rachel (Calhoun), the protagonist. Rachel, a religious, reformed bad girl, rounds up her former gang members, Kim (Dash), Zang Li (Matiko), Chastity (Lil' Kim), Maria (LisaRaye), and Frankie (Sánchez) to seek revenge. They are followed by a blacked haired lady who is also seeking revenge upon Chastity.

Cast

Monica Calhoun as Rachel
Stacey Dash as Kim
LisaRaye as Maria
Marie Matiko as Zang Li
Lil' Kim as Chastity
Roselyn Sánchez as Frankie
Bobby Brown as Left Eye Watkins
Louis Mandylor as Sheriff Shoeshine Michel
Jacinto Taras Riddick as Georgy Simone
Charity Hill as Little Suzie
Glenn Plummer as Johnny Handsome
Macy Gray as Black Haired Woman
Mario Van Peebles as Jessie Lee

References

^ Michael Hastings (2007). "Gang of Roses". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on November 12, 2007.
^ Shaheem Reid. "Lil' Kim: Keep It Moving". MTV. Archived from the original on March 24, 2014. Retrieved March 24, 2014.

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[1] Michael Hastings (2007). "Gang of Roses". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on November 12, 2007.

[2] Shaheem Reid. "Lil' Kim: Keep It Moving". MTV. Archived from the original on March 24, 2014. Retrieved March 24, 2014.

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