Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Colors (1988)

Released April 29th in the US.
Filmed in California.
The story : Wise-ass rookie cop McGavin wants to assist in the C.R.A.S.H. part of the police force.
He is immediately assigned to be veteran cop Hodges partner.
Hodges knows the streets , what to expect and who he is dealing with.
McGavin goes in with the intention of taking everyone down in a violent way.
Hodges works hard with McGavin to get him to deal with each and every situation with rationality , reason and respect.
Stars Robert Duvall , Sean Penn , Don Cheadle , Glenn Plummer , Maria Conchita Alonso , Grand L. Bush , Gerardo Mejia , Rudy Ramos , Trinidad Silva , Damon Wayans , Sy Richardson , Bruce Beatty , Steven Camarillo , Troy Curvey Jr. , Leon , Kenia , Micole Mercurio
Directed by Dennis Hopper
Rated R
DRAMA

"The Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department each has a gang crime division.
The Police Department 's divsion is called C.R.A.S.H. (Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums) and the Sheriff's division is called O.S.S. (Operation Safe Streets).
The Combined anti-gang force numbers 250 men and women.

In the greater Los Angeles area there are over 600 street gangs with almost 70,000 members.

Last year there were 387 gang-related killings.
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