A confident young cop is shown the ropes by a veteran partner in the dangerous gang-controlled barrios of Los Angeles, where the gang culture is enforced by the colors the members wear.
Directed by Dennis Hopper
police brutality
police
ghetto
delinquency
east los angeles
gang
gang member
mexican american
angry
aggressive
colleague
cautionary
arrogant
frightened
harsh
Trailer
IMDB
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Letterboxd
3.3 / 5
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Cast
Sean Penn
Danny McGavin
Robert Duvall
Bob Hodges
María Conchita Alonso
Louisa Gomez
Randy Brooks
Ron Delaney
Grand L. Bush
Larry Sylvester
Don Cheadle
Rocket
Gerardo Mejía
Bird
Glenn Plummer
High Top
Rudy Ramos
Melindez
Sy Richardson
Bailey
Trinidad Silva
Frog
Charles Walker
Reed
Crew
Dennis Hopper
Director
Herbie Hancock
Original Music Composer
Haskell Wexler
Director of Photography
Gary Rydstrom
Sound Designer
Randy Thom
Sound Designer
Tom Johnson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Randy Thom
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Lauren Lloyd
Casting
Diane Peterson
Stunts
Eugene Collier
Stunts
Spiro Razatos
Stunts
Julius LeFlore
Stunts
Popular Reviews
51 reviews
Emma
3.0★ · 02/23/26
The song kinda slaps tho…
The song kinda slaps tho…
Fabritzio
7.0★ · 02/22/26
Pinches puercos
Pinches puercos
Nixon
7.0★ · 07/29/25
Frog: “Nah, I got more time than money.”
Frog: “Nah, I got more time than money.”
Myriam
5.0★ · 07/28/25
kind of half watched it but it was ok
kind of half watched it but it was ok
Bryce
4.0★ · 07/18/25
Really squanders what could of been an amqzing experience instead of getting a movie on how crime and gangs affect the minorities and people in L.A., but instead we get a film that is just floating in space as we follow Sean Penn and Robert Duvall. Don Cheadle is hardly in this film as well.
Really squanders what could of been an amqzing experience instead of getting a movie on how crime and gangs affect the minorities and people in L.A., but instead we get a film that is just floating in space as we follow Sean Penn and Robert Duvall. Don Cheadle is hardly in this film as well.
