Colors fingerprintHigh energy, strong craft, no humor.
Brutally violent and tense
Fast from start to finish.
Emotionally reserved
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Everyday modern life, crime, and society
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout performances
Standout cinematography
Brutally violent and tense
Fast from start to finish.
Colors is brutally violent, tense, and thrilling.
Everyday modern life, crime, and society
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Its world is built around everyday modern life, crime, and society. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Standout cinematography
Look and sound: the cinematography stand out.
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70,000 gang members. One million guns. Two cops.
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Colors is included with a subscription to Amazon Prime Video, MGM+, and Amazon Prime Video with Ads in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Kanopy, Hoopla, and YouTube Free. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Google Play Movies. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 69/100 (IMDb 6.7, Rotten Tomatoes 76%, and Metacritic 66). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated R in the United States. Content advisories: violence, strong language, and drug use.
2 h 0 min
Colors runs 2 h 0 min.
Yes. Critics average 71 and audiences 67 out of 100, so both groups see Colors much the same way.
Yes, a big one. It cost about $6 million to make and earned $47 million worldwide, 7.8 times its budget.
It was made in English, with some Spanish. Produced in United States.
+119GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Colors in 133 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 113 storytelling tropes for Colors, including A Real Man Is a Killer, Greasy Spoon, Seen It All.
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