Gang of Roses

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 and Marie Matiko. The movie took just 18 days to film.^[2]

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
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

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), and Maria (LisaRaye),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
• 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