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Colors

1988 · 120 min

A gritty, tense ride-along that immerses you in street conflict and the moral strain of policing, ending on a somber note.

Tagline
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.

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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • violence
  • crime
  • power
  • race
  • justice
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • procedural
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror2
Humour2
Realism8
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
action, crime, drama, thriller
Directed by
Dennis Hopper
Written by
Michael Schiffer
Starring
Sean Penn, Robert Duvall, María Conchita Alonso, Randy Brooks, Grand L. Bush, Don Cheadle, Gerardo Mejía, Glenn Plummer
Music
Herbie Hancock
Cinematography
Haskell Wexler
Runtime
120 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
Spanish, English

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