《刑警本色》是由张建栋执导的警匪型电视剧。该剧讲述的是上世纪九十年代公安刑警与犯罪分子激烈交锋的惊险故事。萧文、张平和常闯是刚从江洲警校毕业的学生，他们被分配到市公安局刑警队工作。队长潘荣是个性格火爆的老刑警，对新入队的警员要求很严格。这天，潘荣带着几个年轻人去处理一起绑架案。萧文手起枪落一枪击毙了绑匪，救出了人质，但是却受到了潘荣的严厉批评，认为他不该击毙绑匪。被解救的人质是江洲宾馆公关部的经理梅丽，和萧文因此结识，两个人都喜欢上了对方。梅丽的弟弟和街头混混打架，萧文负责处理，通过梅丽弟弟得知本市有两大流氓团伙，在制止团伙群殴时，常闯被流氓砍伤。后来，因为刑警队的工作成绩显著，潘荣被提升为市局副局长，萧文接任了刑警队长

"The True Colors of Criminal Police" is a police and gangster TV series directed by Zhang Jiandong. The play tells the thrilling story of the fierce confrontation between public security criminal police and criminals in the 1990s. Xiao Wen, Zhang Ping and Chang Chuang are students who have just graduated from Jiangzhou Police Academy. They are assigned to work in the criminal police team of the Municipal Public Security Bureau. Captain Pan Rong is a hot-tempered veteran detective who has strict requirements on new police officers. On this day, Pan Rong took several young people to deal with a kidnapping case. Xiao Wen shot and killed the kidnapper and rescued the hostages, but was severely criticized by Pan Rong, who believed that he should not have killed the kidnapper. The rescued hostage was Meili, the manager of the public relations department of Jiangzhou Hotel, and Xiao Wen got acquainted because of this, and both fell in love with each other. Mei Li's younger brother fought with street gangsters, and Xiao Wen was in charge of handling it. Through Mei Li's younger brother, he learned that there were two gangs in the city. Later, due to the outstanding performance of the criminal police team, Pan Rong was promoted to the deputy director of the city bureau, and Xiao Wen took over as the captain of the criminal police