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

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.

Top Cast

  • Sean Penn

    Sean Penn

    Danny McGavin

  • Robert Duvall

    Robert Duvall

    Bob Hodges

  • María Conchita Alonso

    María Conchita Alonso

    Louisa Gomez

  • Randy Brooks

    Randy Brooks

    Ron Delaney

  • Grand L. Bush

    Grand L. Bush

    Larry Sylvester

  • Don Cheadle

    Don Cheadle

    Rocket

  • Gerardo Mejía

    Gerardo Mejía

    Bird

  • Glenn Plummer

    Glenn Plummer

    High Top

  • Rudy Ramos

    Rudy Ramos

    Melindez

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.

Rating

6.5 / 10
545 Reviews
4 Popular

1 Reviews

  • kevin2019
    kevin2019
    5 Jun 20, 2024

    "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.

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