COLORSÂ (18)
D: Dennis Hopper
Orion (Robert H. Solo)
USA 🇺🇸 1988
120 mins
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Crime/Drama
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W: Michael Schiffer
DP: Haskell Wexler
Ed: Robert Estrin
Mus: Herbie Hancock
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Sean Penn (Danny McGavin), Robert Duvall (Bob Hodges), Maria
Conchita Alonso (Louisa Gomez), Randy Brooks (Ron Delaney), Grand L. Bush (Larry Sylvester), Don Cheadle (Rocket), Gerardo Mejia (Bird), Glenn Plummer (Clarence "High Top" Brown) Â
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Pre-dating Boyz N The Hood by a couple of years, Colors tells
a similar story from the perspective of LAPD cops attempting to calm the hostilities between rival gangs in the Los Angeles suburbs (much akin to the infamous crips & bloods
rivalry).
This is possibly the movie which gave Sean Penn his bad boy
image and his on-screen duo with Robert Duvall is a good-cop, bad-cop partnership which, while clichéd, does work very well. Considering this is directed by Dennis Hopper, you'd be forgiven to
expect a much grittier, violent thriller, but it's still a very decent watch and still has relevance 25 years following its release.
7/10
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