Colors is a solidly crafted depiction of some current big-city horrors and succeeds largely because of the Robert Duvall-Sean Penn teaming as frontline cops. They're terrific together as members of the gang crime division of the LAPD.
Colors
70,000 gang members. One million guns. Two cops.
1988 · 2h · R
Action, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Directed by
Dennis Hopper
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 and cast
- Dennis Hopper Director
- Sean Penn as Officer Danny McGavin
- Robert Duvall as Officer Bob Hodges
- María Conchita Alonso as Louisa Gomez
- Randy Brooks as Ron Delaney
- Grand L. Bush as Larry Sylvester
- Don Cheadle as Rocket
- Damon Wayans as T-Bone
- Glenn Plummer as High Top
- Sy Richardson as Bailey
- Tony Todd as Vietname Vet
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Never as eccentric as The Last Movie or Out of the Blue, Colors nevertheless makes most other cop movies look formulary by comparison.
Though its story has the makings of standard stuff, and is sometimes sketchily told, nothing about 'Colors is ordinary.
It's an exhilarating sparring match between Duvall's workmanlike fine-tuning and Penn's raw energy.
There's great pleasure in watching these two actors work. And Hopper, a great actor himself, knows what they need to thrive.
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