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Colors is a filmed based on Los Angeles street gangs. Two cops played by Robert Duvall and Sean Penn are assigned to L.A.’s C.R.A.S.H (Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums) program to help stop the violence on the street while driving in their unmarked police car. Duvall who plays the veteran cop operates very smoothly with the gang members, while his partner, a rookie, is very aggressive towards the gang members. Duvall is lenient towards the gang members with petty offense only so he can catch the most serious offenders with the help of other gang members who he was lenient towards. The cops are depicted as armed zookeepers, while the gang members who are youth but not much brains run violently about the streets. The movie did not focused much on the Bloods, but more on the rivalry between the Crips and another gang called the White Fence. Many killings without much reason can be seen in the movie as a result of drive by shootings and other occurrences. Colors is supposed to bring out the violent, aggressive side of California, the side that is feared and shamed by many that degrades California.
The movie fails to give us a strong focus on the street gangs of L.A., instead it jumps around the police and the gangs with no real focus on either. The movie did not really shows the real reason why gangs fight among other gangs which is usually for respect on each other turfs. Even though the movie introduced the C.R.A.S.H operation, it did not focus much on it except for a scene with the community arguing with the police. They are both opposed to gang violence, but the people aren't willing to help very much, while people like to believe there is a lot of support for programs such as C.R.A.S.H. there often is very little. They want gangs off the street and to make their neighborhood a safe place once again, but are not willing to help since they believe it’s the police’s jobs. The gangs are running violently shooting at each other and even at the cops...