Academy Award winner Robert Duvall and Sean Penn star in a film that captures the vivid mark that gang life has left upon Los Angeles. Directed by the legendary Dennis Hopper and based on a compelling story by Michael Schiffer and Richard DiLello. Seasoned street cop Bob Hodges (Duvall) and his new young know-it-all partner Danny McGavin (Penn) are forced to work together in the L.A.P.D. s renowned C.R.A.S.H. anti-gang unit. Together they set out to investigate a murder between two rival gangs. Hated and hunted by both sides the cops get trapped in the middle of a turf war. With nowhere to turn they are ambushed double-crossed and shot at in a take-no-prisoners street battle. As the violence escalates these two diametrically opposed men must come to terms with one important fact -- to stay alive they must come together!