Gang of Roses
Gang of Roses
| 10 October 2003 (USA)
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Set in the 1800's, the town of Flat ridge is over run by a band of outlaws looking for lost treasure said to be buried somewhere in town. In their quest for dominance, the outlaws kill Sally, a whore who happens to be the sister of Rachel and a 1/5 member of the Roses Gang. With the weight of grief on her heart, Rachel decides to shed her new found religious faith to bring vengeance upon her sister's killers. After placing Sally to rest, she goes in search of her former posse to assist her in the reckoning of the outlaws wrong doing.

Reviews
Scanialara You won't be disappointed!
Pacionsbo Absolutely Fantastic
Matrixiole Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.
Lachlan Coulson This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.
whitenipple the costumes, the dialog, historical accuracy are terrible. For instance, - Stacey Dash and the hanging scene. The noose was accurate ( as for as I could tell), but that type of noose broke the person's neck. Ms. Dash is left hanging at the end of the rope with no ill effects until the rope was shot. This type of not did not strangle the person, it killed them at the end of the drop.And right before they go in to rob a bank (in a flashback), they pause on the street for a group hug - with their bandannas hiding their faces - that would have been obvious to people on the street.The poor editing - that is a battery pack under that shirt and it is obvious, the clip of the "long ride" shows them riding along, then reverses the film.I did like the fact that they kept the scene with the horse taking a crap - it seemed symbolic. The entire movie was crap.
toonhead3018 Must have to agree with the other reviewer. This has got to be the WORST movie, let alone western I have ever seen. Terrible acting, dialogue that was unimaginative and pathetic (let alone completely inappropriate for supposedly being in the 1800s), and oh, did I mention a battery pack prominently displayed on the back of one of the characters? I was waiting for the boom mike to fall in the middle of a scene. And the ending? The least I can say is that it was consistent with the rest of the movie...completely awful. And yes, it did contain every cliché in the book from the slow walk down the empty dusty road to the laughable "let's remember when" shots when a main character dies. Luckily I saw this on free TV. Don't waste your time.
lwilliamson-6 I have to honestly say that this was probably the worst film that I have ever seen in my entire life. I really don't know what was on the producer's, director's, or writer's minds while this piece of garbage was being created.The setting centers on five gunslinging, outlaw women (four black, one Asian) in the Old West. This fatuous movie instantly loses all credibility on viewing because of, in addition to lousy acting and a lame story line, its gross historically inaccurate nature. Who ever heard of black outlaw women in the Old West? Did black women really wear hair weaves and extensions during the 1800s? Were idioms like, "get with him" and 'Why you gotta be all that?" used 150 years ago? Yeah, I know it's Hollywood and films are not 100% realistic, but COME ON! I find it interesting, as well as completely understandable, that every IMDb-user comment pertaining to this movie contends that it is terrible. On the basis of Gang of Roses and Civil Brand, movies that are throwbacks to the Blackexpioltation era, it looks as if Lisa Raye is the Pam Grier of the new millennium.
menesis Enjoyable to watch, the scenes and girls are really beautiful. From the start it struck me how different each girl in a gang was -- their character, temperament, fads, goals, colors of clothes, colors of skin, even horses are distinct -- you will never confuse any two girls. It's fun to see "she did that again", be it Ming Li spotting another criminal with bounty on his head, Chastity seducing some handsome man, Maria's passion for money, Kim's eagerness for immediate action or reasonable calmness of Rachel. Sometimes it's strange how they cope with being together and reach compromise. But there are quite a few scenes where they argue, even threaten each other with guns, for others to step in and calm down the conflict to act together; so we see how they manage to be a tight gang.On the other hand, while the girls are nice, they do not act very well. Often their mimics seem unnatural, stressed, too serious or with silent grin laughing of the scene they do. It's better to over-act that to stand like a stone with zero emotions, though, and they do that, so it's a plus. The script is quite plain, I still don't get why they did some things they did. Why they turned aggressive and went to shoot everyone in town? Who shot Kim and how the revenge for her is related to whom they killed? Why they conflicted with the other gang of robbers, if they only wanted to pay back for the murder of Rachel's sister? The actions sometimes lack reason, so you just watch what happens.The ending was cut too short and unclear. Did they find the gold? What they will be doing now? Who was the woman with black hair looking for them? What I liked about the end is that it was not happy ending. They reached some of their goals, but not without casualties. In the scenes where they bury friends, although they are poorly acted, we see that those girls are not only calm robbers, but sensitive beings, and are vulnerable. I hate movies where all the heroes seem immortal no matter what threatens them. This is not the case. Here you get to see their weaknesses and obsessions, as well as their strength, bravery and thought.See it if you happen to get it, it might be the only western with so much beautiful girls :) But don't expect too much. 6/10.