Colors (1988)

Directed by

Dennis Hopper

Genre

drama film, action film, buddy film, hood film, crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 57m

Rated

R

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 550 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In late-1980s Los Angeles, an experienced police officer and his hotheaded rookie partner work gang-infested neighborhoods like South Central and East L.A. They clash with each other and with the Bloods, Crips, and Hispanic gangs they try to control. The movie follows their patrols and the violence that erupts around them.

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What happens

Colors is a 1988 American crime drama film starring Sean Penn and Robert Duvall, and directed by Dennis Hopper. The film takes place in the gang-ridden neighborhoods of Los Angeles: late-1980s South Central L.A., Echo Park, Westlake and East L.A.. The film centers on Bob Hodges (Duvall), an experienced LAPD C.R.A.S.H. officer, and his rookie partner, Danny McGavin (Penn), who try to stop the gang violence between the Bloods, the Crips, and Hispanic street gangs. Colors relaunched Hopper as a director 19 years after Easy Rider, and inspired discussion over its depiction of gang life and gang violence. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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