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Frans B Dennis Hopper did good with this one. Brilliant movie, raw, brutal, unforgiving, harsh and feels very real. Sean Penn and Robert Duvall match their characters perfectly, both very convincing. Whole cast truly impressive in character. Very well written. Great cinematography also creates the perfect ambiance for this story. Very memorable Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 09/20/25 Full Review Patrick C A competent piece of work but let down by some rather ham-fisted performances. Never been a big fan of Sean Penn, I was rather hoping the gangs would join forces to stop him messing with his bloody hair. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 08/23/25 Full Review Jon B Good movie about the differences in how people police in a difficult area. The approaches of the senior officer who has seen it all and the new guy who wants to just steamroll everyone. Its eye opening to the problems officers face and the hopelessness of the people that they police. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 07/24/25 Full Review Johannes S Displays the topics of gang violence and hopeless futures for kids in ghettos decently. Yet, it feels way older than 1988, as the cuts and camera positions are really clunky at times. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 07/09/25 Full Review DanTheMan 2 A hard-hitting yet nuanced look at urban gang violence and big-city horrors, Colors may often suffer from leaning too heavily on your standard action and police procedural clichés, however, it paints a vivid portrait of futility regarding a broken law enforcement system which tends to warp those who desire to make a difference into callous, sometimes inhumane harbingers of violence. It's distinctive for Hopper's tight focus, honest approach and lack of sentimentality. The world depicted here is horizontal and filmed horizontally; it is ugly, unironic, and in a way egalitarian; there are no courts or lawyers and every introduction of ethics is gunned down. The film hinges largely on the performances of its leading men, an exhilarating sparring match between Duvall's workmanlike fine-tuning and Penn's raw energy, the duo more than make this film, uplifting what could have been substandard material into something greater. Backed by a decently fun soundtrack by Herbie Hancock, Colors might be way too long in the tooth and departs from the more thoughtful aspects of its plot to reveal its superb action, but it still stands tall as a reminder of the poisonous flowering of gang culture amid ghetto life, one with a fierce, rollicking sense of motion. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 12/30/24 Full Review Gordijn M This movie is a drag and for the first hour it felt like it was heading absolutely nowhere. Strange casting, weak acting and boring. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 09/05/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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