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Bound by Honor (1993)

Crime | 180 minutes / 190 minutes (director's cut)
3,76 1.437 votes

Genre: Crime / Drama

Duration: 180 minuten / 190 minuten (director's cut)

Alternative titles: Blood In, Blood Out / Blood In, Blood Out... Bound by Honor

Country: United States

Directed by: Taylor Hackford

Stars: Damian Chapa, Jesse Borrego and Benjamin Bratt

IMDb score: 7,9 (36.076)

Releasedate: 5 February 1993

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Bound by Honor plot

"An epic story of three brothers. Bound by blood. Divided by fate. Driven by destiny."

This film tells the story of 3 cousins, who grow up as brothers, (Miklo, Paco and Cruz) who are sitting in a 'hallway'. When Cruz is attacked and paralyzed, someone is accidentally killed in an act of revenge. Miklo goes to prison, where he gains status with a prison gang, while Paco joins the narcotics brigade via the army. After 9 years they meet again, but now they are on different sides of the law.

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Fisico (moderator films)

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Blood in, blood out... A top250 film with a lot of conflicting opinions. You love it or you hate it. But the fans are definitely there for this cult film. I just don't belong there. It looks like a crime movie where various gangs make the streets unsafe. Especially the envy and the urge to be the most influential makes for a relentless struggle. Internally, brotherhood, friendship and loyalty are central to this.

So in itself a good starting point were it not that I found the starting point very limited. Much has been written about the acting performances, but they can only be endorsed. Pretty poor and unbelievable, even to the point of laughing. For a moment I thought it had to do with the broken English of the Latinos, but it went further than that. When emotions had to be played, many fell by the wayside.

The effect of the fighting was also meager. Just think of the knife stabs, for example. But the plot was also poorly developed. Three hours for something that presents itself as an epic is excruciatingly long. Despite the lousy acting performances, I still found the first 45 minutes quite decent, where the friendship is central. The long part in prison, on the other hand, pretty much catapults you into another movie with little affinity with the rest of the movie. The fact that afterwards the two protagonists are each on the other side of the law did not make things better.

So disappointing. This isn't much more than a B-movie. In nothing to compare with several other top crime films.

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King030

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Dit is een classic! Must see, zeker als je een beetje van gangsterfilms houd!