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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 (2003-10-10)
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 Suzie "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.

External links

Gang of Roses at IMDb
‹The template AllMovie title is being considered for deletion.› Gang of Roses at AllMovie
Gang of Roses at Rotten Tomatoes

Works of Jean-Claude La Marre

Directed

Higher Ed (2001)
Go for Broke (2002)
Gang of Roses (2003)
Sugar Valentine (2004)
Brothers in Arms (2005)
Color of the Cross (2006)
Color of the Cross 2: The Resurrection (2008)
Trapped: Haitian Nights (2010)
Sugar Valentine 2 (2011)
The Pastor and Mrs. Jones (2013)
Basketball Girlfriend (2014)
Chocolate City (2015)
Chocolate City: Vegas Strip (2017)
Kinky (2018)

Written

Nora's Hair Salon (2004)
It's Christmas (2007)

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