Colors

4/15/19882h 0m

Theatrical (limited) Release (US)

~ 70,000 gang members. One million guns. Two cops. ~

Overview:

A confident young cop is shown the ropes by a veteran partner in the dangerous gang-controlled barrios of Los Angeles, where the gang culture is enforced by the colors the members wear.

Director:

Dennis Hopper

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$6,000,000.00

Revenue:

$46,616,067.00

Key words:

police brutality
police
ghetto
delinquency
east los angeles
gang
gang member
mexican american
angry
aggressive
colleague
cautionary
arrogant
frightened
harsh

Cast

Sean Penn

~ as ~

Danny McGavin

Robert Duvall

~ as ~

Bob Hodges

María Conchita Alonso

~ as ~

Louisa Gomez

Randy Brooks

~ as ~

Ron Delaney

Grand L. Bush

~ as ~

Larry Sylvester

Don Cheadle

~ as ~

Rocket

Gerardo Mejía

~ as ~

Bird

Glenn Plummer

~ as ~

High Top

Rudy Ramos

~ as ~

Melindez

Sy Richardson

~ as ~

Bailey

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Reviews (1)

k
kevin2019
Written 1 year(s) ago
5
"Colors" primarily contents itself with concentrating upon the lethal gun and gang culture that permeates and blights the inner cities of America which young men and women devote their lives to as a means of survival on the streets instead of endeavouring to better themselves by accomplishing something more socially worthwhile. The instantly forgettable story and characters always seem to be languishing in second place and while this insight into America's dangerous gang culture can be periodically interesting and certainly extremely illuminating at times it is still a major and ultimately damaging miscalculation to make it the sole basis of the entire film unless it is your intention to produce a documentary exploring these socially critical issues otherwise you're left with what is essentially a long winded film which is not as important or incisive as it thinks and that is certainly the case here.