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Colors (1988)

★ 6.5 · 537 ratings on TMDB

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

Colors poster★ 6.5

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.

DirectorDennis Hopper
CastDon Cheadle, Gerardo Mejía, Glenn Plummer, Grand L. Bush, María Conchita Alonso, Randy Brooks
GenresAction, Crime, Drama, Thriller
The emergence reading

Colors keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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