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]

Gang of Roses
Directed byJean-Claude La Marre
Written byJean-Claude La Marre
Produced byBrian "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
StarringMonica Calhoun
Lil' Kim
LisaRaye
Marie Matiko
Stacey Dash
Roselyn Sánchez
CinematographyBen Kufrin
Music byMichael Cohen
Distributed byLionsgate
Release date
  • October 10, 2003 (2003-10-10)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$400,000

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

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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

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References

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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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