Pete and Thomas Watch and Comment on Dennis Hopper's 'Colors' (1988)  

Pete and Thomas777 continue their series in which they watch a movie in its entirety and comment on its cultural significance.

The tenth movie they watch and talk about is "Colors," a 1988 look at the police and gang culture of 1980's Los Angeles. It was directed by Dennis Hopper who went to great pains to research exactly what was happening on the ground in the middle of what essentially had become a war zone. It follows a veteran detective (Robert Duvall) training up a newly transferred in rookie play by Sean Penn on the police side, and rival street gangs on the other whose members are played by familiar names such as Don Cheadle and Trinidad Silva.