Colors is a
1988 police procedural crime film starring
Sean Penn and
Robert Duvall and directed by
Dennis Hopper. The story takes place in
South Central Los Angeles, and is about an experienced
LAPD cop, Bob Hodges (Duvall) and his
rookie partner, Danny McGavin (Penn) who try to keep the gang violence between the
Bloods and the
Crips under control.
Plot introduction
Danny McGavin (
Sean Penn) is an officer who has just transferred to LAPD's
C.R.A.S.H. unit from patrol. Teamed with 19-year veteran Bob Hodges (
Robert Duvall), he is a hotheaded
adrenaline junkie, much to Hodges' chagrin. McGavin allows no challenge to authority, however slight, to go unpunished.