Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Strong
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
The story
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.
- police brutality
- police
- ghetto
- delinquency
- east los angeles
- gang
- gang member
- mexican american
- angry
- aggressive
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
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
- Damon Wayans — T-Bone
- Fred Asparagus — Cook
- Sherman Augustus — Officer Porter
- Directed
- Dennis Hopper
- Written
- Michael Schiffer
Production
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 · 561 ratings
- Studio
- Orion Pictures
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
