Colors

Colors

1988-04-15 2h 0m R
Action Crime Drama Romance Thriller
6.5
User Score
496 votes

"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.

Dennis Hopper

Director

Michael Schiffer

Writer

Top Billed Cast

Movie Details

Status

Released

Original Language

en

Budget

$6,000,000

Revenue

$46,616,067

Runtime

2h 0m

Release Date

1988-04-15

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Reviews

kevin2019

kevin2019

2024-06-20T23:22:44.187Z

"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.